Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told the newspaper: We won\u2019t operate a project with Israel without seeing that the conditions put by the prime minister are met.<\/p>\n
17 February 13 13:18, Globes’ correspondent<\/p>\n
Turkish daily “Hurriyet Daily News” quotes Energy Minister Taner Y\u0131ld\u0131z as saying that Turkey will not agree to an energy project with Israel without the approval of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, commenting on an Israeli offer to lay an undersea natural gas pipeline to Turkey for export to Europe. He told CNBC-e, “We can\u2019t act like nothing ever happened. We won\u2019t operate a project with Israel without seeing that the conditions put by the prime minister are met [first].”<\/p>\n
“Hurriyet” says, “Israel has offered to lay an undersea natural gas pipeline to Turkey\u2019s south coast in order to sell energy to Europe. The Leviathan field, Israel\u2019s biggest, contains an estimated 425 billion cubic meters of natural gas, and the field will produce enough gas to supply all of Israel\u2019s needs for the coming years. As such, the country is looking to export the excess gas.”<\/p>\n
The paper quotes Taner as saying that Turkey\u2019s main objective is to benefit from its geographical advantages and cooperate with its neighbors on energy, but Israel knows Turkey\u2019s sore points, adding, \u201cUnless the political conditions mature, beginning these kinds of projects is risky.”<\/p>\n
On Thursday, “Globes” reported that, in the past few weeks, the partners in the Leviathan gas field have received queries from some of Turkey’s biggest companies and Western multinationals operating in the country interested in buying natural gas from the reservoir.<\/p>\n
“Hurriyet” cites Israeli newspapers as suggesting that Turkey\u2019s Zorlu Energy Group could become involved in the project. “The company said it has been an important energy player in Israel and has shares in several power plants in the country, adding that the idea of laying an undersea pipeline between the two countries had been broached several times in business meetings but official offer has been made. In Israel, Zorlu owns a 25% stake in Dorad Energy, which is developing a power plant in Ashkelon. It also has a 42% interest in cogeneration projects at the Ashdod and Ramat Negev plants.”<\/p>\n
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news – www.globes-online.com – on February 17, 2013<\/p>\n
\u00a9 Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2013<\/p>\n
via “Hurriyet”: No Israel-Turkey gas deal without Erdogan OK – Globes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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