Tompa

Town in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary
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46°12′18″N 19°32′51″E / 46.20491°N 19.54740°E / 46.20491; 19.54740Country HungaryCountyBács-KiskunDistrictKiskunhalasArea
 • Total81.57 km2 (31.49 sq mi)Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total3,966 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
6422
Area code(+36) 77Websitewww.tompa.hu

Tompa is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary.

The Tompa Block is composed of recomplete Miocene shale and has been an area of hydrocarbon exploration. As of April 2009[update] a well drilled by Toreador has produced natural gas. Design of a Hydraulic fracturing program to stimulate the well was finalized and operations to perform the treatment, were to start in May 2009. [2]

Also, Cuadrilla Resources lists Tompa in their prospectus.[3]: 6  In Tompa 38,796 acres composed of recomplete Miocene were described to contain multi TCF Basin Centred TGS.

References

  1. ^ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
  2. ^ "Toreador confirms gas in Hungary". Scandinavian Oil-Gas Online. I. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ Andy Lukas (17 July 2013). "Approaches to informed and balanced debate about shale gas in the UK – How we are working with the Communities" (PDF). Fracking and our Gas Future. AJ Lucas Group Ltd. p. 45. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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46°13′N 19°33′E / 46.217°N 19.550°E / 46.217; 19.550

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