TPAO Research Center has been carrying out domestic and international R&D projects and consultancy cervices with a wide service network in 27 modern laboratories on petroleum and natural gas since its establishment in 1971.

Research Center is composed of two basic departments, namely Petroleum Geology and Petroleum Technology.

In the Petroleum Geology Department, stratigraphy, reservoir geology and petroleum geochemistry studies;

In the Petroleum Technology Department, technological studies on drilling, production and reservoir are carried out by expert geoscientists and engineers.