NEWS FROM TURKİYE EMRA came together with the GAZBIR Board Members EofMGRAAZmBİRetownitFhetbhreuaBryoa1 r1d Members th within the ft hr aemseewc toor kr roefp rteh see nmt aetei vt ei nsg. sT hhee l di s swu ei t hs regarding the natural gas distribution sector were discussed at the meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, EMRA was informed about the foundation of GAZBİR, its goals, targets and role in the market, the process that takes pla ce between the winning of a tender by t a he natural gas distribution companies nd the completion of the investments, the current status of the natural gas sector in Turkey and the contributions oTuf rtkheey nbaet ut wr ael egna s2 0d 0i s3t -r2i b0u0t i8o. n Fsoel cl otwo ri nt go this introduction, the main issues of the distribution companies were discussed and among other topics, issues such a co s stamp tax, inspection services, the nstruction of internal installations, LNG and CNG internal installations were evaluated. in addition, the other issues discussed during the meeting were inspection applıcations to improve the execution ot hfei nesspteacbtliios hn maecnt itv i toi ef sa amn dorteo reantiaob l e nal and normative inspection mechanism; granting permission to the gas dist ribution companies to make internal installations to enable the widespread usage of gas and speed up the tra sition to natural gas; the procedures n to make control and approve installations of natural gas in facilities which will switch from CNG and LNG to gas to prevent problems and ensure technical security. Bilal Aslan has been appointed as the General Manager of IGDAŞ Bilal Aslan has been appointed as the Gnaetnueraral gl Masandaisgtreibr uotfioİGDAŞ, the largest n company in Tur key and one of the leading companies in Europe. Bilal Aslan, who had been serving as the Finance Group Director of Merkez Yayın Holding (ATV - Sabah) since April 2007, said the following about his appoint ment: "I have been in the management of İGDAŞ tor many years. Therefore, 1 am familiar with the company. İGDAŞ has made great progress in terms of the amount of investment and number of subscribers. Natural gas pipelines are available in 95% of lstanbul . lnfrast ructure work is nearlycomplete. 1 cong ratulate everyone, especially the staff of İGDAŞ, and the management, who has contributed to this progress Regarding his goals lor the new term, General Manager Bilal Aslan said: "We htearvmes roefaci hed a very good stage in nvestments. Now our priority awlri lel abdeycautsat olme aedr i nsgatipsfoasci tti oi onn .i İ G D A Ş i s n pect, but we will improve it furt tomer satisfaction is an oblig h at e t h i r o i.sCruessn tor ausn.dAsnaofethtye. rWime paorertoapnterisastiue is security ng in a sector wfoirthpaarhdiogh level of risk. We cannot beg n. Therefore, safety is a must lor us. lmproving safety and security is among our goals. Our third priority will be human resources. As you kn DarAs Şo ifseax pl eear ideenrcien ai tnsds eacctcour mwui t hl a o t 2 w io 2 , n y İ G e of knowledge. in line with the rapid prog ress of natural gas in Turkey, the newly ecostmabplaisnhieesd mperitvathteeirsector distribution need tor qualified personnel mainly from İGDAŞ. Many of our friends are now working as general managers, top executives and technical experts in these companies. Therefore, we need to strengthen ourselves furt her in this respect. İGDAŞ has always placed a high priority on training and education. We are spending more on training per personnel compared t hperiropr rivate sector firms. But we willogiovte i ty to !his issue in the new term and continue to invest on our people." Bilal Aslan, born in duated from th e Fa1 9c6ul4tyi noMf Ea cl aot ynao, mgri cas of lstanbul University. He worked as the Assistant General Manager responsible from Finance and Administration of İG DAŞ between 1995 -2002 and served as thoi gr hc ol emv pe laenxi eesc ubtei vt we ei neont h2e0r02p-r2iv0a0te7.secThe BTC Team will execute the Nabucco Project The German company RWE, one of the energy giants of Europe, has officially sjouinpepdlythe Nabucco projeci which will natural gas to Europe from the Caspian and Middle Eastern sources and transform Turkey to an en ridor. A ceremony has been heledrgtoy sciogrn the agreement between the partners ocof mNpaabucco lnternational Gas Pipeline ny where German RWE has be come the sixth partner. The ceremony was held in Vienna with the participation of the energy min unl o rt rNi easb. uNcoc ot i ntgo tbhea i t s d t t e e h la e rs y r ee o d f is o th n r e o fa s r il e ix t a o s c b o o e n realized, Minister of Energy and Natural 94 Doğal Gaz Dergisi 2008 / 133 Rl eeosfoBu Tr cCe sa nHdi l ms ai Gi d ü"l Be Tr gCawv eatsh ael seox aamp pp broeaecnhecdomwpitlhetseodmae suspicion. But it has n pointed the same tedamis iwn hsoerwvicoerk. e1dapat !his projeci to the Nabucco Projeci." Mi nister of Energy and Natural Resources Hs t ai l mr t i t hGeü pl ei rp es al i ni de tahtaAt ht hi beoyz pnreoapr oAsnekda rt ao rather that the eastern ten the length of the lin ti eb oi nr dTeurr kt eoy s. hNoorng that the Nabucco projeci is not in choemsapideti"tiitohnaws iathditfhfeereRussian projects, n racter and customer batsfee. aMsaibnilyityo, fcohuar neighbors are r i ch in energy but need to undertake investments. Nabucco will provide investment possibilities to tt hh ee sper ocj eocuin tarri ee sT. r"aTn shgeaozt hf reormp aRrot nmear s of nia, AB uu sl gt rai ar g, aMzO Lf r o! rmo m BHuul gnagrai ar y, aOn Md VB OfTr oAmŞ !rom Turkey. The Nabucco pipeline will be built with an investment of 5 billion Euros and bring the Caspian, lraqi and TEugrykepyti,anBanlakatural gas to Europe through ns and Austria. When it is c g o a m s pleted, it will have a yearly natural transmission capacity of 31 billion m 3. it is noted that RWE will bring signi ficant financing advantages to the Na bucco Projeci.
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