Articles Tagged "turkey"

Turkey Keen to Move Forward with Shale Gas Hunt

Reuters reported that Turkey is planning to increase the exploration of basins in its Southeast, East and Western Thrace areas in the hope of finding sizeable shale gas reserves. Turkey's interest is motivated by its desire to reduce its energy import dependency.

Iran begins construction for natural gas pipeline

Construction has been commenced on a 1,740 kilometre pipeline from Iran through Turkey and on to consumers in Europe to carry Iranian gas, said the head of economic affairs at the Iranian embassy in Turkey on Friday. Ahmad Noorani, the Iranian embassy’s chief of economic affairs, stated: The Pars Pipeline will go from Turkey to [...]

Four new players to commence sale of natural gas in Turkey

Four new companies including Enerco and Avrasya Gaz, who awarded an import license from Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Board, are set to commence selling gas in Turkey. EPDK Chairman Hasan Koktas stated: Private sector share is expected to be around 10 percent in Turkey’s natural gas consumption in 2009, but this share will grow in [...]