Editing Batman, Turkey (section)

==Industry==
[[File:Batman Airport.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Batman Airport]]

Batman's primary commodity is oil, as there are multiple oil fields in the nearby area. These oil fields have spurred the creation of multiple pipelines to transmit oil to and from several important cities. Apart from oil, which is by far the dominant commodity of the region, Batman produces beverages, processed food, chemicals, furniture, footwear, machinery and transport equipment.<ref name="brit">[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/56041/Batman Batman], Encyclopædia Britannica</ref>

=== Oil fields ===
Search for oil in the Batman Province started in 1935. On 20 April 1940, oil was found at a depth of {{convert|1048|m|abbr=off}} at the [[Raman oil field]], located south-east of Batman. The first experimental well began producing 10 tonnes (about {{convert|62|oilbbl|m3}}) of oil per day on 6 June 1940. The field was set to be expanded for commercial production by 1945, but the production was delayed to 1947 due to the lack of storage. To solve this, a small refinery was built at the site with a capacity of 9 tonnes/day in 1947, and in November 1948 a bigger refinery capable of processing up to 200 tonnes/day was completed in Batman. An even bigger refinery (330 tonnes/d) was completed in Batman in 1955.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111223061413/http://www.tpao.gov.tr/spe/history.htm History of petroleum], tpao.gov.tr</ref> Several other oil fields were discovered later around Batman, the largest being [[Batı Raman oil field]], which produces about {{convert|7000|oilbbl|m3}} of oil daily.<ref name="oil">{{cite journal|title=Upper cretaceous carbonate reservoirs of the Raman Field, Southeast Turkey|doi=10.1007/BF03174401|author=Gengiz Keskin and Cengiz Can|journal= Carbonates and Evaporites|year=1986|volume=1|issue=1|page=25|bibcode=1986CarEv...1...25K |s2cid=129219634}}</ref>

=== Pipelines ===
A {{convert|511|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} km long oil pipeline was built in 1967 from Batman to [[Dörtyol]], a port city located near the easternmost point of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast, to transport the crude oil from the Batman region. The pipeline has an annual capacity of 3.5 million tonnes and was transporting about {{convert|20|Moilbbl|m3}} (about 2.7 million tonnes) in the 1990s and about twice less between 2003 and 2007. Another, short pipeline {{convert|41|km|abbr=off}} long connected Batman with Şelmo, which is the location of the second largest oil field in Turkey.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110302090923/http://www.transatlanticpetroleum.com/s/Turkey.asp Turkey], TransAtlantic Petroleum</ref> It transferred between 1.5 and {{convert|0.5|Moilbbl|m3}} of oil per year between the years of 1990 and 2007. Both pipelines are operated by [[BOTAŞ]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.botas.gov.tr/index.asp|title = Batman-Dörtyol Petrol Boru Hattı (Turkish)|publisher = BOTAŞ|access-date = 12 February 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110827162929/http://www.botas.gov.tr/index.asp|archive-date = 27 August 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=International Transport Forum|author2=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|title=Intermodal transport: National peer review: Turkey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_vusRsNdtQC&pg=PA94|year= 2009|publisher=International Transport Forum|isbn=978-92-821-0222-0|pages=87, 94}}</ref>