Turkey will soon have to sell Northern Iraqi oil, says Energy Minister Yıldız - ENERGY
Turkey has
agreed "in principle" to increase shipments of natural gas from Russia
via the Blue Stream pipeline, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said on April
21.
The two countries will increase capacity through the
pipeline, which crosses the Black Sea, from 16 billion cubic metres
annually to 19 billion cubic metres, said Yıldız.
"We
reached an agreement in principle with the Russian Federation," he was
quoted as saying, adding that a new contract could be signed with Moscow
to buy gas at a "reasonable price" with the involvement of the private
sector.
The minister's comments came ahead of a meeting with Gazprom deputy head Alexander Medvedev scheduled for late Monday.
The
energy minister said on Friday that Turkey would ask for a discount on
the price of the gas it buys from Russia, without specifying an amount.
Turkey, which has very few energy resources of its own, is heavily dependent on gas and oil imports from Russia.
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