"Turkey starts study on Iraq gas pipeline
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Turkey has begun a feasibility study on a natural gas pipeline that will connect northern Iraq's fields to a Turkish port. The Turkish Pipeline Petroleum Company (BOTAŞ) announced that feasibility studies on the Turkish side have started, according to the Anatolia news agency.The pipeline will largely run along the same route as the twin oil pipelines from Kirkuk to the Mediterranean port of Yumurtalık in Turkey. The study will be sponsored by BOTAŞ, the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPOA) and the Iraqi oil ministry. BOTAŞ will hold the right to put to tender the 30-40 inch pipeline and various pumping stations, and ask for bids from international markets."
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