Turkish Energy & Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday that a new agreement would be signed with Iraq soon about the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik crude oil pipeline. Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Yildiz said that talks were underway with Iraqi government and Iraqi Petroleum Ministry about the pipeline, and a new agreement would be signed […]
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Turkey aims to renew oil pipeline accord with Iraq
Turkey is negotiating the renewal of an agreement on operating a pipeline that carries Iraqi crude oil to world markets and hopes to extend the deal by up to 20 years, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday.
Turkey Says Pipeline Agreement Will Be Renewed
Turkey’s energy and natural resources minister said that the crude oil pipeline agreement would be renewed with Iraq. Speaking at the 9th International Oil and Gas Conference at Ankara’s Sheraton Hotel, Taner Yıldız said, “there are big and significant natural gas and oil reserves in east of Turkey. Turkey shapes its energy policies and diplomacy […]
Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline Accord to be Extended
Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said Tuesday his country sought to renew the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline accord with Iraq before it expires on March 30, 2010. Turkey and Iraq are likely to reach agreement on the extension of the accord for another 20 years soon, the minister said in an address […]
Iraq-Turkey Rail Link Re-Opens
The first rail service in decades between Iraq and Turkey celebrated its maiden journey on Tuesday. It is hoped that the re-opening of the historic rail link – originally built as part of a German service from Berlin to Baghdad more than a century ago – will contribute to the fast-growing trade between Iraq and […]
JTW: Iraq-Turkey Train Service to Be Launched in Feb.
The train service between Turkey and Iraq will start next month, the Journal of Turkish Weekly said in a report. “Turkish Railways (TCDD) and Iraqi Railways (IRR) officials who got together in Ankara on January 14 and 15 agreed to launch train service between Gaziantep and Mosul,” according to the web site. “The first run […]
Conference in Turkey on Investment Opportunities in Basra
A delegation from Basra province headed on Tuesday to Turkey to attend a conference next Thursday on investment opportunities in the southern province, an official source said. “The delegation is chaired by Governor Sheltagh Aboud and includes a number of the local council,” Mahmoud al-Taan, the official of the industrial development committee, told Aswat al-Iraq news […]