Turkey to ask Azerbaijan to double natural gas deliveries
Posted by meb at September 4th, 2008
Turkey is planning to increase natural gas deliveries from Azerbaijan for winter and Turkey’s energy minister will visit Baku for this aim, Azerbaijani ABC.az reported citing state-run Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS) on Thursday.
BOTAS informed that the minister would discuss the company and the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources’s plan to increase the daily gas delivery from Azerbaijan to 12-15 million cubic meters (cu m) from 8 cu m, during his visit to Baku, the report said.
“BOTAS has commenced filling the gas storages in Silifki. If in the winter months Iranian gas export is stopped again and Russia Gazprom refuses delivering extra gas, then that demand will be covered due by the stores and Azeri gas.”
Turkey’s Energy Minister Hilmi Guler is leaving for Baku to request an increase of natural gas deliveries from Azerbaijan, the report also said.
At present Gazprom provides 60 percent of Turkish gas demands. Increase in deliveries from Azerbaijan is linked with the further development of its Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea. The field currently produces about 25 million cu m a day, and is expected to rise to 30 million cu m a day when the fifth commissioned exploratory well begins production.
POWER PLANT IN TURKMENISTAN
Turkey will build a natural gas power plant in Turkmenistan, and the Turkish Petroleum Corporation will also take part in oil and natural gas exploration works in the Caspian Sea region of Turkmenistan, Guler said on Wednesday.
Investment opportunities in solar and wind power in Turkmenistan were discussed at Guler’s meetings with Turkmen officials, the Anatolian Agency reported on Wednesday.
Guler, who held energy talks with Turkmen officials, met Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov and discussed new cooperation opportunities on energy.
Guler, accompanied by a delegation, arrived in Kazakhstan to attend an energy forum on Thursday.
The Turkish energy minister is expected to meet his counterpart and the trade minister of Kazakhstan, as well as the head of Kazakh oil company, KazMunay Gaz.
source: Hurriyet daily
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