News From Turkey We Had Put Out 48 Distribution Tender in Three Years We assessed the developements in noturol gas market in 2006 and expectations about the 2007 with Ahmet Aydın, The Chairman of Energy Market Regulatlon Association Natural Gas Market Aplication Chamber. Aydın gave lnformatin about thelr endeavour. "We had put out 48 dlstribution tender between June 2003 and November 2006. According to these tenders' results 42 coorperation had taken their licences. The companles which obtain the contract can have their licences after they had flnlshed their all obligations. The and assign thelr credit ıetter of lntent. . According to this the licences are given to the companies which have finished their obligation. For that reason for 6 areas the licence process is contlnuing. Our adequacy evaluation processes are going on at 5 areas, the companies' files which had applied for the tender are being examined. For these areas we planned that the tenders will be put on 'in the first quarter of 2007. 27 licenced companies began gas supply and 32 companies began investments. 7000 km of polyetylen, 1 00 km of steel pipe lines structed, nearly 500,000 subscriber use natural gas and these grids can service potential l y 2,5 million people today. Anyone who makes the necessary applications and who finishes the internaı installation can connect the grids as a subscriber and use natural gas. By November subscribers consumed 975 million m3 and free consumers consumed 550 million m3 natural gas. By these grids dlstribution companies' gas transportation has reached 2 blllion 150 million m3. Add i tionaı to these 5 areas in 2007 we wlll put in tender advertisement in Aydın, Zonguldak, Siirt and the other cities that BOTAŞ companies have 3 months time to f i nish had built. These lnvestments' values are will bring gas, so we can finlsh distribution the obligations. They give the instuctions, nearly 400 million dollars. With these tenders aımost in every city. Our duty is to prepare pre-projects, they sign the con- investements 23,000 people are em- determine the distribution company in the tracts wlth the constraction company ployed. From the grids that were con- cities which BOTAŞ bring natural gas". -----------------�------------------ Potential in Çorlu Is Growing Up We examined the works and general situ- halt of the 2005 our customers began Corlu, to put service boxes in front of the atlon in Corlu with İbrahim Kapucu, the using natural gas in their residences. By buildings and to make them use gas. General Manager of Cordas. the end of 2005, there was 2824 gauge Some appllcations which are not cıear based and 3253 BBS based subscriber. in natural gas market, the price changes, Cordas, Corlu Natural Gas Distribution ine. 1896 gauge bazed subscriber started to the uncertainty in Turkey's natural gas was established on 1 O December 2003. use natural gas. policy had an nagative effect on our We took our licence on the 27th of Janu- Our goals tor 2006 are to finish all the customers but by 13 December 2006 we ary, 2004. First excavation works began service, main and distribution lines of aıı have 1 6278 gauge based and 1 7268 BBS on the 1 1 st of June, 2004. in the second neighbourhoods, streets and avenues in based subscri ber. -----------------�------------------ Grid Operation Regulations Should Step in Yaşar Çıkış, Genaral Coordinator of Ar- the problems both in the field and legis- on for a little while. Because the cansan Natural Gas Distribution ine., stresses lation. Natural gas sector ıs growing fast sciousness to cooperation with the ıocaı the necessity of stepping in the grid op- and of course the sector suffers and actors and the natural gas culture are eration regulatlons after the contract come up with some problems. formed slower. Yaşar Çıkış expresses that abalienatlons were approved. Related non-governmental organizations there is no infrastructure information sysWe intervlewed with Yaşar Çıkış about and natural gas corporations have com- tems in the areas and excavations can the problems that natural gas distribution munication and this helps with the solu- be done wlthout having permission from companies have and his solutlon offer- tion of this kind of problems. The prob- natural gas distribution company if muings. Yaşar Çıkış told his opinions about lems that occurs in the field seem to go nicipality give the permission. -----------------�------------------ 80 Percent Of The Endeavours in Çatalca And Hadımköy Is Finished We talked with Hamit Özdemir, The Operation Manager of Trakyadaş, about the last sltuation in Çatalca, Hadımköy and Muratbey, the dlstribution areas. The operations in Catalca began on the 23rd of July, 2004 and the gas supply was provided to Catalca in 24, 1 0.2005. The operations are consist of 7692 m steeı lines, 23290 m PE lines, 3 valve rooms, 1 reglan regulator, 949 service boxes, 3 customer stations and 2 highway special transitions. Meanwhile in Hadimkoy 841 O m steel lines, 14145 m PE llnes, 368 service boxes, 5 valve rooms, 2 reglan regulators, 2 rallway transitions, 1 river transi- -! Doğal Gaz Dergisi, 2007/1 tion and 2 customer station were bullt and in 27.10.2005 gas supply was provided in Hadimkoy. After these dates 3 industrial facllltles in Cataıca, 2 industrial facilities in Hadimkoy and resldences began to use gas, By October 2005, as o result of our lightning progress , the gas line connections of 60 industrial facillties were done and 55 of them began to use gas in their facilities. Currently in 15 facilities workings are going on. After glving gas to Catalca and Hadlmkoy in 2005, Muratbey and its surrounding demand natural gas. The main reason for the rising demand is Muratbey's proxlmity to lstanbul and the gas prices are lower accordlng to lstanbul. in 2006 in Muratbey 930 m steel llne, 1 1 O1 O m PE line were built and 21 5 service boxes were put. The operatlons began in June 2006 and finished in August 2006, so whole region had begun to use natural gas. in aıı of our reglons our current subscriber number Is 8500 BBS and 4000 residence use natural gas. Also in Hadimkoy region on TOKl's projeci of 2000 resldence the operations were finished and we are about to start to serve gas to this reglan. it is supposed that after the new structuring in the area the number of the subscribers will extend to 40000 BBS.
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