Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 14

4-April-2005

TURKEY

Turkey Adjusts Natural Gas Demand Estimates For 2005-07

Turkeys Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (Botas) has adjusted its projected natural gas demand figures for 2005-07. Demand for 2005 was reduced to 24.98bcm from an earlier projection of 25.8bcm (MEES, 28 February), for 2006 it was increased to 32.3bcm from 29.3bcm, and for 2007 it was put at 34.9bcm, up from 32.5bcm. For the last few years Turkey has been attempting to solve its...