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Shell, Turkish TPI weigh pipeline deal
from Kurdistan region-Iraq
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April 4, 2007
LONDON, -- Turkey and a leading Western
energy contractor plan to cooperate to compete for
an energy project in Kurdistan-Iraq.
The state-owned Turkish Petroleum Inc. Royal Dutch
Shell have established a consortium to win a natural
gas production license in Kurdistan-Iraq, Middle
East Newsline reported. The two sides would also
offer to build a pipeline to the Turkish port of
Ceyhan along the Mediterranean.
Turkey has long sought to gain access to crude oil
and natural gas reserves in Kurdistan (northern
Iraq). So far, several Western companies have been
awarded projects in the autonomous Iraqi region of
Kurdistan. More than 600 Turkish firms work in
Kurdistan region (northern Iraq).
TPI and Shell also plan to build a gas pipeline
parallel to the oil pipeline from Iraq's Kurdish
city of Kirkuk to Ceyhan. |
Kurdistan's oil fields |
On March 9, Iraq, Turkey
and the United States met in Istanbul to discuss gas
production and transport.
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