Turkey, Iraq working on exporting Basra oil via Turkey
Fri Jul 6, 2012 9:12am
GMT Print | Single Page[-] Text [+] ISTANBUL, July 6 (Reuters) - Turkey's energy
ministry said on Friday it had started technical work with the central Iraqi
government on shipping crude oil from Basra in southern Iraq via the
Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline to Turkey's Mediterranean coast and from there to world
markets.

The announcement came days after Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish
region said it might begin selling natural gas directly to Turkey within two
years, a move which could anger the central government and strain Ankara's ties
with Baghdad. (Reporting by Evrim Ergin; Writing By Daren Butler, editing by
Jane Baird)


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