News From Turkey Everyone Who Wishes May lmport Natura! Gas The draft that stipulates o change in the Natura! Gas Market Law, prepared by the Ministry of Energy and Natura! Resources, will allow the private sector to import from the countries that Botaş signed import agreements with, without having to wait for the expiry of the agreements. The Ministry of Energy and Natura! Resources prepared o draft for o law modification that will render inoperable the contract transfer tender held by BOTAŞ approximately ı year ago, in order to transfer the import contracts to the private sector. With the draft sent to the Prime Ministry, it is stipulated that ali articles of the Natural Gas Market Law restricting natural gas imports be abolished. This will have an adverse effect on the contract transfer tender, the resuıts of which have not yet been approved by the BOTAŞ Board of Directors. The one-article draft prepared by the Ministry, requiring o modification in the Noturol Gas Market Law will abolish the ban tor imports by the private sector until the expiry period of the agreements, from the countries that Botaş signed imports contracts with. Botaş stili has gas purchasing agreements with Russia, ıran, Nigeria, Algeria, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan lf the draft is passed, Botaş permission will not be sought either for importing gas from suppliers outside the countries with which Botaş has contracts. ---- ---- ------- --- ~ --- --- ------------ Turkey Deficit to Russia Russia is the highest country that Turkey however, Turkey has o 9.2 billion dollar most from, tor the first time. During the imports from, further to raw oil and natural deficit in the first eight monthly period of same period of last year, Tuı1<ey had imported gas imports, surpassing Germany; how- this year. According to TÜİK dala, the im- the most from Germany, with 8.7 billion ever, Turkey has o 9.2 billion dollar deficit ports that Turkey makes from Russi0, in- dollars, as the case was in previous years. in the first eight monthly period of this year. creased by 36.6 per cent this year during Russia is the highest country that Turkey the January-August period, and reached The imports from Russia during the first imports from, further to row oil and notu- ı ı billion dollars. Therefore, Russia has be- eight months of last year ranked second rol gas imports, surpassing Germany; come the country that Turkey imports the after Germany with 8.1 billion dollars. -------- --- -------~ ------------------ Natural Gas Everywhere in Turkey While the studies carried out for conveying natural gas to new settlements is continuing, the Energy Market Regulatory Board will hold two important tenders in December. According to the schedule by the Energy Market Regulatory Board, the natural gas distribution license tenders of Adıyaman, Besni and Gölbaşı, and Ordu, Giresun, Çarşamba, Terme, Ünye and Fatsa Terme, Ünye and Fatsa will be sold between November 6 and November 11. The specifications for the natura! gas distribution for Adıyaman, Besni and Gölbaşı will be sold between November 6 and November 9, and the tender for the natural gas distribution license tender will be held on December 1. sold within the scope of the distribution tender held for the distribution license lor the region of Diyarbakır. The companies will prepare their bids set forth in the tender file, and submit them on the date announced by the Energy Market Regulatory Board. it is expected that the Diyarbakır natura! gas distribution license tender will be finalised within this year. Edirne is one of will be held on December l . On the other hand, the first step has been the cities that newly received natura! gas, laken in the tender lor the natural gas dis- and it has been announced that at the According to the tender schedule, the tribution license of Diyarbakır, scheduled end of 2007, 4 districts in the city will renatural gas distribution license specifica- by the Energy Market Regulatory Board for ceive natura! gas, and that in 2011, aıı distions for Ordu-Giresun, and Çarşamba, January l , 2006. The tender files have been tricts will receive natura! gas. - ----------- - ----- ~ - - -------- --- ---- - Pipes are Being Laid in the Black Sea Pipes have started to be laid under the sea in order to bring the natural gas in the Black Sea. Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim O rtakl ığ ı (TPAO), will be received !rom ltaly in order to open new wells in the coming days.ln the noturol gas drilling preparations carried out 9 miles offshore Akçakoca, in the Black Sea, production is approaching step by for production, whereas 3 wells that proved inefficient were cancelled and closed, and ı well was blind. Preparations are underway lor drilling 5 more wells. with the partnership of Toreador ve Stratic, step. Within the scope of the prepara- The platform Prometeu will remain in the started laying pipes under the sea in or- tions that were launched in June 2004, region, and it has been stated that the der to transport the natural gas in the wells the platforms called the Prometeu and drilling platform called the Southern Cross will drilled in Akçakoca, Düzce offshore. it has Saturn, drill~d ı 3 wells in 640 metre and be brought !rom ltaly for the offshore drillbeen stated that o new drilling platform 980 deptrıs. 9 wells are being prepared ing that will be carried out in the coming days. - Doğal Gaz Dergisi, 2006/l l L
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