| 2007: Oil exportation through Turkish ports will resume soon -minister |
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August 7, 2007 Baghdad, Aug 7, (VOI) – Iraqi crude oil exportation through the Turkish port of Ceyhan will resume soon, Iraqi Minister of Oil Hussein al-Shahrestani said on Monday. Before leaving for Turkey with the Iraqi delegation led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, al-Shahrestani said that Iraq enjoys strong oil relations with Turkey, which has expressed its keenness to resume oil pumping through its port, an Iraqi oil ministry statement said. "Crude oil pipelines linking Kirkuk and Ceyhan have always been subject to sabotage," the statement said, adding that repairs are underway for pumping to resume. The statement also revealed Turkey's desire to import Iraqi solid gas, explaining that after the Iraqi parliament's approval of the oil and gas law, "Iraqi solid gas will be pumped to Europe and used for running power stations and petrochemical plants in Iraq." Source: VOI |