Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 39

26-September-2005

TURKEY

Botas Again Cancels Gas Release Tenders

Having postponed the deadline for bids on tenders for six natural gas contracts from foreign suppliers on five occasions (MEES, 12 September), Turkeys Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (Botas) on 21 September canceled the tenders once again and said that it would issue new tenders on 30 November. Botas launched the tenders in November 2004 as part of the governments effort to fulfill the...