VOL. XLIV

No 52

24/31-December-2001

IRAQ/TURKEY

Turkeys TPAO To Explore For OilIn Northern Iraq

TPAO, Turkeys state-owned oilcompany, announced on 14 December that it received approval from the UN tofulfill a drilling services contract that it won from Iraq last year.TPAO acting general manager Kenan Veziroglusaid that a TPAO subsidiary, Turkish Petroleum Company (TPIC), would drill 20wells in the Khurmala field near Kirkuk in accordance with an agreement reachedwith Iraqs North Oil Company (NOC)...