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The two massive earthquakes that devastated a large area of southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 are causing problems for Azerbaijan’s oil exports. Crude exports via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline and Turkey’s main oil terminal at Ceyhan have been halted with no clear indication what the problem is …

The recent powerful earthquake in Turkey may postpone the establishment of a gas hub in the country, but this project will be implemented nonetheless, the Kremlin said. “Of course, it [the gas hub project] cannot be a priority for Turkey right now. We treat it with understanding. Consequently, there may …

Turkey’s energy infrastructure has suffered severe damage from the two earthquakes that shook Turkey and neighbor Syria yesterday, killing more than 3,000 people, according to the country’s government. The first 7.7-magnitude quake damaged a big port on the Mediterranean, Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez said, as quoted …

Turkey ordered the resumption of crude-oil flows to the Ceyhan export terminal on the Mediterranean coast, according to an official with direct knowledge of the matter. State pipeline operator Botas had halted flows to the facility as a precaution on Monday morning, after the first of two massive earthquakes shook …

Turkey has halted crude-oil flows to the Ceyhan export terminal on the Mediterranean coast as a precaution following a devastating earthquake, according to an official with knowledge of the matter. State pipeline operator Botas made the decision on Monday morning after an earthquake in eastern Turkey, which was followed hours …

A Libyan court has suspended a deal for offshore oil and gas exploration that Libya and Turkey inked last year, a deal that sparked outrage from neighbors Egypt and Greece. The deal concerned waters that Libya and Turkey have declared to be theirs but that are disputed by Egypt and …

Iran and Turkey traded $4.93 billion worth of goods from the beginning of 2022 to the end of November to register a 16.24% year-on-year rise, latest data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute show. Iran’s exports stood at $2.71 billion, up 22.3% while imports grew by 9.58% to $2.21 billion. …

The natural gas deal with Bulgaria is a step forward in Turkey’s efforts to become an energy hub, Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez has said. “With this agreement, natural gas could be transmitted not only to Bulgaria but other countries via Bulgaria,” Dönmez added. On Jan. 3, Türkiye and Bulgaria signed …

Bulgaria on Tuesday signed a long-term deal to access Turkey’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, a move that could help diversify the region’s gas supply away from Russia and advance Turkey’s aim to be a regional energy hub. The agreement between Bulgaria state-owned gas operator Bulgargaz and Turkish state gas …

Turkey has upped the estimate of its natural gas reserves in the Black Sea by nearly a third, putting its total deposits at 710 billion cubic metres (bcm) in a boost to its aims of increasing its energy independence. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey …