Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
The $2-billion Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline project in Turkey, in which state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is seeking a 12.5% stake, has made much news in the last two years.
ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to be connected to Iraq's main northern export pipeline, which reaches the Turkish port of Ceyhan, by the end of this year.A second Kurdistan oilfield, Taq Taq, is due to be linked to the pipeline three to four months later and combined exports should reach 250,000 barrels per day by the end of next year. In addition to DNO, South Korea's SK Energy is part of a consortium developing the...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish regional government has announced it will export crude oil for the first time next year. A Kurdish oil official, Ashti Hawrami, says the oil will be exported from two fields in northern Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. He says...
Iraq Oil Report (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Plus: *Reality sets in as KRG-Baghdad make oil export agreement *PKK bombing of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline requires new Turkish strategy *Update and more exclusive documents on the Status Of Forces Agreement *The Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Key members of Iraq’s Parliament, including the chairman of the Oil & Gas Committee, have issued a statement outlining concerns over the efforts of Iraq’s...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
With the fulfilment of Azerbaijan's aspirations for economic viability into the future, through the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil conduit, it is understandable that other primary factors in maintaining its stability may have been relegated to a level of peripheral concern. The county's geographical location, at the meeting point of the political and cultural blocs of Asia, Europe...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Ashti Hawrami, the natural resources minister in the Kurdistan region, said an initial 100,000 barrels per day of crude oil from two northern Iraqi fields would be sent through a pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Exports would eventually be ramped up to 250,000 bpd by the end of 2009, he said in a statement.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Iraqi Kurds to export crude next year for 1st timeBAGHDAD -- Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish regional government has announced it will export crude oil for the first time next year.A Kurdish oil official, Ashti Hawrami, says the oil will be exported from two fields in northern Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.He says they will start with 100,000 barrels per day. The number will rise to 250,000 by...
oil and energy news (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
BAGHDAD – Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish regional government will export crude oil for the first time by early next year, a Kurdish official said on Wednesday.Ashti Hawrami, the natural resources minister in the Kurdistan region, said an initial 100,000 barrels per day of crude oil from two northern Iraqi fields would be sent through a pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Exports...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
BAGHDAD — Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish regional government will export crude oil for the first time by early next year, a Kurdish official said on Wednesday.Ashti Hawrami, the natural resources minister in the Kurdistan region, said an initial 100,000 barrels per day of crude oil from two northern Iraqi fields would be sent through a pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Exports...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Euro-Caspian energy plans inch forwardBy Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR and Kazakhstan's state monopoly KazMunaiGaz this month signed an agreement setting out the main principles for a transport system to convey Kazakh oil across the Caspian Sea for entry into the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline and subsequent re-export to world markets. This represents a...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... Iran.The planned pipeline would run from the Caspian region to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. From there a pipeline would run to Israel's Eilat port on the Red Sea.Shipping the crude and gas from Eilat would allow Indian tankers to avoid the Suez Canal.Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told the Mint financial paper that Turkey had already conducted a feasibility study for the project...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... it to India. The first phase of the proposed pipeline will supply crude from the Caspian region to Ceyhan port on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. After the crude reaches the Ceyhan port, it will be transported through an undersea pipeline to Israel from where it would be connected to the Eilat port on the Red Sea. From Eilat, India could take crude through tankers avoiding the Suez...
