News From Turkey News from TurkeyAksa Will Distribute natural Gas in Çukurova Aksa Doğalgaz was awarded the Çukurova Natural Gas Distribution tender, with zero profit rate and l 67 USD subscriber connection fee. Thus, Aksa shall not charge any profit rate for naturaı gas distribution in Çukurova, and has offered a 13 USD discount in the l 80 USD subscription fee. The Energy Market Regulatory Board (EPDK) held the Çukurova Natural Gas Distribution License Tender. EPDK President Yusuf Günay gave a speech before the tender, and stated that in terms of economic magnitude, this was Turkey's biggest natural gas distribution license tender, and said ''The tender shall cover 4 cities, namely Adana, Mersin, Hayat and Osmaniye, and 14 towns. We have a population of close to one million in the region. The industrial clients are consuming l ,300,000 cubic meters of natural gas per year". Günay stated that the EPDK made an approval decision for the three new refineries in the Yumurtalık Region with an annual capacity of processing 35 million tons of crude oil, and where the total investment reached l 5 billion dollars, and he said that the company that is warded the tender will serve tor 30 years. Günay expressed that they have held 55 natural gas tenders until the present for 6 l cities and that 50 of the tenders have been concluded. Günay emphasized the fact that a network investment of 600 million dollars has been made in 45 cities, and that the network infrastructure of 3 million households is completed; conveying natura! gas to 2.5 million people in 550,000 households. -----------------�------------------ Başkent Doğalgaz Era in Ankara The Energy Market Regulatory Board (EPDK) President Yusuf Günay announced that they have decided to issue a 30-year natural gas distribution license to Başkent Doğalgaz Dağıtım A.Ş., the new company founded for the privatisation of EGO. Günay said, "This new company shall carry out the new procedures of Ankara such as natura! gas distribution and invoicing". Günay announced that they have decided to issue a 30-year natural gas distribution license to Başkent Doğalgaz Dağıtım A.Ş., the new company founded for the privatisation of EGO. Furthermore, Günay stated that they have approved the l 0-year unit service depreciation sums and the transportation rates determined within the scope of the Law No 5669 and sent to the Prime Mi nistry for approval to be published in the Official Gazette, and said, "in the coming days, the bank accounts and the workers of EGO will be transferred to this new company and this new company shall carry out the new procedures of Ankara such as natural gas distribution and invoicing". -----------------�------------------ Botaş Made the Third Contract Transfer For Natura! Gas Within the scope of the BOTAŞ natura! gas contract transfers, the third protocol was signed yesterday with Enerco Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. Accordingly, 2,500,000 cubic meter per year portion of the natural gas import contracts of BOTAŞ was transferred to Enerco. According to the announcement by BOTAŞ, the transfer protocol between BOTAŞ and Enerco Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Russian natural gas seller Gazprom Export Limited Liability Company, which gave the most economic offer after Shell and _,Doğal Gaz Dergisi, 2007/9 Bosphorus, was signed yesterday at the BOTAŞ General Directorate. in the nextstage, Enerco, like the other companies is required to supply the relevant documents from the Competition Board and the Energy Market Regulatory Board. in the announcement, it was reminded that, pursuant to the relevant article of the Natural Gas Market Law No 4646, separate tenders were held by BOTAŞ on November 30, 2005, for the transfer of six natura! gas buying and selling contracts, namely four natural gas contracts and two liquefied natura! gas (LNG) contracts. The natura! gas offers tor the import contracts are continuing whereby BOTAŞ is the buyer; and the result is 250 million cubic metres/yearly lots, and on one side there is the Gazprom company, where the point of delivery is the Turkish-Bulgarian border and the Malkoçlar Measurement Station; and for the 1 6 lots (4 billion cubic meters/year) within the scope of the Natura! Gas Buying and Selling Contract Transfer Tender, four tender bids were received.
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