Russia presents Turkey draft Samsun-Ceyhan deal with 25 mln T supplies
Russia has presented Turkey a draft intergovernmental agreement on the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline project offering oil supplies of 25 million tons per year, well below the initial capacity of 60-70 million tons, Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky said on Thursday.
01 October 2010 , 14:05RIA Novosti
Half of Gas Supplies to Bulgaria Could Come From Azerbaijan
Bulgartransgaz is developing two routes for receiving gas, 1news.az reports. One of the routes being reviewed would run through Turkey and the other through the Black Sea.
17 August 2010 , 12:04Oil and Gas Eurasia
Turkey Fails to Find Oil in Black Sea
Turkey on Saturday said its efforts to find oil in the Black Sea for commercial purposes have failed. According to country's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz, official declaration about the drilling operations would be made next week.
09 August 2010 , 10:31Oil and Gaz Eurasia
Turkey and Brazil close to find nuclear deal with Iran
Brazilian and Turkish government officials said Sunday that their leaders had brokered a tentative compromise with Iran in the international standoff over Iran’s nuclear program, a development that could undermine efforts in the United Nations to impose new sanctions on the Iranians.
17 May 2010 , 09:54Alexei Barrionuevo, Sebnem ArsuThe New York Times
Bulgarian-Turkish pipelines merge project proposed by the Kremlin
Russia intends to propose merging the Kremlin-backed Burgas-Alexandroupolis and the Turkish Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipelines after Bulgaria clarifies its stance on the first project, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Wednesday.
13 May 2010 , 10:21RIA Novosti
Turkey is trying to press unacceptable terms on Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft in negotiations over the construction of the Samsun–Ceyhan pipeline, Transneft President Nikolai Tokarev said on Friday.
Iran’s Oil Ministry said Friday that it had signed a 1 billion euro ($1.3 billion) pipeline deal to take gas to Turkey, while Ankara denied that the state was involved and a firm called Som Petrol said it was the partner.
Turkey's Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), Italy's EDISON, and Greece's DEPA will sign a memorandum of understanding for the Turkey-Greece-Italy Natural Gas Pipeline that will carry natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe.
Turkey and Russia are planning to increase their bilateral annual trade four-fold to $100 billion in the next five years, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
The Turkish parliament on Friday ratified an agreement to construct the Nabucco gas pipeline to deliver Caspian gas to Europe, the country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Turkey expects Russia to cover 70% of Turkey's requirements for oil and gas.
Russia and Turkey are preparing a number of documents in the energy sphere for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to Ankara May 11-12.
A strong earthquake has struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people, officials have said.
Seven senior military officers have been formally charged in Turkey with attempting to overthrow the government.
Russia’ s Transneft may seek to add Chevron to a group that will manage two pipelines designed to bypass Turkey’ s Bosphorus.
Russia has received assurances that Turkey will allow the construction of a gas pipeline under its sector of…
