VOL. XLV

No 4

28-January-2002

TURKEY/IRAN

Iran And Turkey Inaugurate GasPipeline

The gas pipeline that connectsIran and Turkey was officially inaugurated on 22 January by Iranian Oil MinisterBijan Zanganeh and Turkish Energy Minister Zeki Cakan at the Iranian bordertown of Bazargan.After a two-yeardelay - for both technical and political reasons - Turkey began receivingshipments of Iranian gas on 10 December 2001 (MEES, 17 December 2001).Shipments are planned to amount to 4BCM during 2002 and...