Tompa

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

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 km2 (31.49 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	3,966
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6422
Area code	(+36) 77
Website	www.tompa.hu

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.