News From Turkey lzgaz Is Taking Natural Gas To Villages İmad Erdoğan, !he General Manager of İzgaz, who says !hat !hey can lake natural gas to villages even, and emphasizes !hat with the İZGABİS system developed by themselves, the entire network can be monitored through !he lnternet. İmad Erdoğan says !hat !he financial table of !he company was very bad when !hey were appointed, and that stili, !hey immediately started working on the infrastructure, !hat they changed !he obsolete organisation structure of !he company, !hat !hey reduced !he number of directorates which was way too high, and they brought about o dynamic structure within the company. They started their activities in 2005, with the intention of giving naturaı gas to entire İzmit, and the ıength of steel pipe llne reached 250 km., and polyethylene 1,500 km. in 2004-2005, approximately 1000 km new lines have been laid. Within !he scope of !he projeci, 20 km of steel lines and 250 km of polyethylene lines will be drawn in 2006 in addition to o service line of 100 km, and 15,000 service boxes will be installed. Therefore, the total steel lines will reach 270 km and polyethylene lines 1900 km. Erdoğan said !hat the Kocaeli Centrum has o potential of 225,000 subscribers, and that currently, !he number of subscribers is around 190,000. "We had 50,000 boxes, and adding 15,000, we wish to increase this to 65,000. Where we carry out works, even if !here are no subscribers, we place service boxes anyway, so !hat no asphalt or excavation works will be repeated." ----------- ~ ---- --- - --- Palgaz Accelerated New Business in Gebze Ms Neşe Kemerdere, !he Marketing and Sales Coordinator of Palmet-Terasen says !hat !hey buy natural gas from BOTAŞ, and seli to independent consumers as well. "lndependent consumers have consumed 219 million m3 gas in 2005. We cali those consumers with consumption of over 15 million m3 per year, as independent consumers. There are currently 13 independent consumers. in 2006, after completing our own industrial connections, !his number started increasing. Currently, we supply noturol gas to 105 companies, 92 of which are industrial and !he remaining 13, independent. At the end of !he year, we wish to reach 200 subscribers. The potential capacity is very high in Gebze. in !he tirsi 5 years, we have to invest fası. There are over 500 companies !hat have not yet been reached. in time, we will convey our lines to those areas as well, and increase !he number of subscribers in industry. The total natural gas consumption in !he first 6 months, including independent consumers and household consumption was 179 million m3 . We are confident that by !he end of !his year, we will reach !he target of 281 million m3 ." As tor houses, in 2004, !hey have started working with Şekerpınar Mutlukent ımmigrant - 1 Doğal Gaz Dergisi, 2006/8 Houses. That year, approximately 764 owners subscribed. Due to the facı that in 2005, the people in Gebze were somewhat hesitanı about natural gas, !he 2005 subscriber objectives of !he company were not actualised, and in 2005 !here were 2559 subscribers in the province. Kemerdere states !hat !his year the people in Gebze trust them, and she emphasizes that !hey will maintain their efforts without slowing down. "Currently, !he length of steel lines is 33 km, and !he polyethylene !ine 172 km: and 4000 service boxes are installed. 23 regional regulators are commissioned. There are 5470 houses that have subscribed to natural gas. We have started to see the fruits of !he investments of lası year. We have started operations in Darıca. Our objective is 4000 in Darıca and 21.500 in Gebze. And the potential is over 50,000. Currently, !he network !hat will convey natura! gas to at ıeast 45,000 subscribers is completed. in 2 years, we accomplished 70% of what we can accompllsh in Gebze Centrum. lncluding Darıca, our objective this year is to install 10,000 service boxes. We shall not stop working during winter either." 1 1 1 1 1 Natural Gas to İzmir İzmirgaz undertook the natural gas distribution inside İzmir, completed the investments in Karşıyaka Mavişehir, and transferred !he tirsi natura! gas tor household use with !he ceremony held. 1 Naci Koloğlu, !he Chairman of İzmirgaz, re1 minded !hat they have been awarded !he I İzmir naturaı gas distribution tender on January 27, 2005, with a low unit service and 1 depreciation role of 0,0012 cents/kWh for 1 !he good of !he public. 1 Koloğlu stated !hat in five years, !hey shall 1 be investing 300 million dollars tor the natu1 1 1 1 rol gas infrastructure preparations. After the speeches in the ceremony, the tirsi natura! gas was released by !he protocol igniting the 3 torches in !he area. 1 After speeches, plaques were given to those who'had efforts in bringing naturaı gas to 1 İzmir, and !he tirsi natura! gas brought to 1 Mavişehlr 1si Stage Houses was ignited with 1 !he applauses of !he guests. lzmirgaz aims 1 at distribuling natura! gas to enlire İzmir within 5 years, and targets 60,000 subscribers by f the end of the year. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 it is stated !hat natura! gas will bring about o saving of one lhird tor !he power requirement of households, and İzmirgaz will lay approximately 900 km steeı and 9000 km polyethylene pipes in İzmir in 5 years. İzmirgaz A.Ş. is currently working in 4 provinces, namely Bostanlı, Torbalı, Kemalpaşa and Aliağa. in !he 4 regions, !hey have laid o total of 121,856 m of pipe lines, i.e., 19,887 metres of steel and 101,969 metres of polyethylene.
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