Turkey, Israel agree to build pipeline

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Business_News&subsection=market+news&month=December2006&file=Business_News2006121681356.xml

ankara • Turkey and Israel have agreed to build a pipeline linking the Black and Red seas, Turkey’s energy minister said yesterday, in a move boosting the Jewish state’s energy security and Turkey’s role as an energy hub.

The pipeline project will involve transportation of oil, natural gas, electricity, water and fibre optic cables, the minister, Hilmi Guler, told reporters.

Turkey, a candidate for European Union membership, aspires to become a major hub for energy exports from Russia and the Caspian basin to markets in Europe and beyond. Turkey is also one of the few Muslim countries to foster strong trade and security ties with the Jewish state.

“This project will have very important consequences for regional stability and development and for political developments,” Guler said. He gave no price for the project but said Turkey was in talks with Russia and other countries on participation in it.

“The project’s feasibility study will be completed in six months and then implementation will begin,” Guler said.

A 550km pipeline is currently under construction linking Turkey’s Black Sea port of Samsun and Ceyhan on its Mediterranean coast. It is expected to have an annual capacity of 60 million to 70 million tonnes of crude oil. “As this project is an extension of the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline, (Turkey’s) Calik group will also take part in the construction,” Guler added.

[Mind_your_head]

1. I didn't realize that Israel or Turkey had any significant oil reserves

Is this a case of, "if we build it, the oil will come" ? (from where/who?????) :shrug:

M_Y_H

[dmosh42]

5. Russia will pump their oil through Turkey

Turkey will give them an outlet to the Meditterranean area.

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[Erika]

3. But aren't the Turks Muslims

We can't allow no stinking infidel Muslims to live (freeper off)

[still_one]

6. Yes, but they are an extremely secular society in the region

As far as I know it is the only Muslim Democracy in the area.

Unfortunately, what bush and company have done by invading Iraq, is make it much worse for secular governments in the middle east

Though Hussein was not a nice guy, his country WAS secular. We have created another theocracy in the middle east by our invasion of Iraq.

The sooner the current administration is out of office the better the country and the world will be

[Dover]

4. Check out this older thread on this story:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1823332

[martymar64]

7. How much stolen Iraqi oil is going through Turkey?

And how much of it is now going to go to Israel?

[goforit]

8. Well... the more oil the merrier the Cabal.

[lovuian]

9. Thats giving the Turks a whole lot of power

:argh:

[Endangered Specie]

10. Hope they don't accidentely dig up an Armenian mass grave in the process.