The lndustry Representatives Met in İzmit The 1st Marmara Natural Gas Fair, with the participation of 37 natural gas companies, reached o high number of participants and visitors, thanks to the strong support by İzgaz. Municipality lnternational Convention Centre, between September 14-17, attracted attention from other cities as well. İzgaz General Manager İmad Erdoğan stated Akçakoca will seli natural gas as of 2007 that in the preparations tor the naturaı gas, We talked to Mete Gürel, the Deputy Genheld this year tor the first time, was com- eral Manager of Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim pleted in o short period of 1 month. Erdoğan Ortaklığı, about the natural gas and oil disstated that he was thankful to all the partici- covery activities of TPAO, activities in the pants who supported the organisation that country and abroad, the storage of natural was prepared for in such o short period of time. The "lst Marmara Natural Gas Fair", organised by Ünyap Fuarcılık, with the support of izgaz, was held simuıtaneously with the 6th Marmara Construction Materials Fair. The fair that was held at the Kocaeli Metropolitan gas and the effects of the increases in oil prices. Gürel said that the natural gas discovered in Akçakoca will be offered for the natıonaı market in 2007. Pursuant to our vision of meeting the oil and natural gas requirement of our country, we accelerated our local and foreign investNews From lil Turkey ~ ments. in the investment program, mainly the areas with seas have priority. in this sense, Black Sea is our utmost priority area. We have carried out natural gas discoveries in the Western Black Sea during 2004 and 2005, and we are currently continuing with our heavy drilling schedule to further enhance these studies. -----------------~ ----------------- Airfel's Objective for 2007 is 200 Million Dollars We have interviewed Mr. Hasan Önder, the General Manager of Airfel, which became o brand in the heating and cooling sector in o very short period of time, and talked about the evolution of the company from the post to the present, and the strategies and the vision of the company. Önder stated that they expect o turnover of 200 million dollars for 2007, and made an assessment of the sector. Hasan Önder visited the leaders of the sector and informed them about the projects when he was founding Airfel in1999. During these conversations, the leaders of the sector had the impression, "An engineer of 4 years experience comes here to talk about building factories and importing", which they did not hesitate to convey to Önder, and their approach was rather derisive. Önder had o final and determined reply to those who said that the sector was bad, and the present conditions were not favourable: "it is never possible to hear that everything went tine. After aıı the world is going worse." After these developments, Önder started working, and he shared with us the problems he experienced. 'Everyone was sure that we would go bankrupt in one or two years. We founded the company in August, and right afterwards, there was the Marmara Earthquake. We deleted the approximately 400 billion TL of the dealers in the earthquake zone. Some companies were undertaking the debts of dealers tor long term, with their interests; however, we did not choose to create psychologicaı pressure on anyone. What we did during those times determined our future. We built o great karma. With that dynamism, we started the year 2000 very well, and we grew by four times." -----------------~ ----------------- Shelllnterested in Participating in the Samsun - Ceyhan Pipeline Shell signed an agreement to examine the possibility of its participation in the development works of the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline, proposed to reduce the dense oil tanker traffic in the straits, with Çalık Enerji and ENi of ltaly, partners in the project. in an announcement from the Companies, it has been stated that the purpose of the project is to determine an appropriate route as weıı as establishing an alternative to the dense oil tanker traffic along both the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. However, it is known that Russia, owning the majority of the oil trade in the Black Sea, does not exactly support this project. Currently, approximately 140 million tons of oil is transported through the Bosphorus and the Oardanelles. This amount is expected to increase to 200 million tons by the year 2013, along with increased waiting periods tor the oil tankers and o higher risk of environmental damage. Additionally, the announcement declares, "The by-pass project mentioned here will reduce the heavy oil tanker traffic in the straits and function as o sustainable export corridor for the transportation of oil that is expected to increase from Russia and the Caspian region to the Black Sea." ıtalian Energy giant ENi has joined the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline project which was proposed by Çalık Enerji and will transport 1.5 million barrels of oil daily and expected to cost 1.5 billion US Dollars on September 15th and became partners with Çalık Enerji with o 50 per cent share of Trans Anadolu Petrol Boru Hattı Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ. (Tapco), established by Çalık Enerji. Doğa I Gaz Dergisi, 2006/1O 1 29 ~----
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