Tompa

For the script, see Dongba script. For the Romanian village of Tâmpa, called Tompa in Hungarian, see Băcia.

Tompa
Town
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Tompa
Coordinates: 46.20491°N 19.54740°E / 46.20491; 19.54740
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District	Kiskunhalas
Area
• Total	81.57 km^2 (31.49 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	3,966
• Density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6422
Area code	(+36) 77
Website	www.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.

External links

• Official website in Hungarian

46°13′N 19°33′E