Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 6

6-February-2006

TURKEY

Algerian LNG Cargo Ends Turkeys Gas Crisis

Turkeys Anadolu news agency on 28 January reported that the countrys gas crisis had ended with the arrival of a cargo of 59mn cu ms of LNG fromAlgeria at the Marmara Ereglisi terminal. Turkey experienced a reduction in gas deliveries from Iran and Russia as a result of severe winter weather during the second half of January, resulting in power supply cuts to around 50 factories. According to...