- BOTAŞ
BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS) is the state-owned crude
oil andnatural gas pipelines and trading company inTurkey . The company was established in1974 as a subsidiary ofTürkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO). Since 1995, BOTAS is a wholly state-owned company.History
BOTAŞ was originally established in 1974 for construction and operation of the
Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline . Since 1987, BOTAŞ has been also involved in the natural gas transportation and trade activities. FromFebruary 9 ,1990 untilMay 2 ,2001 , BOTAŞ had monopoly rights on natural gas import, distribution, sales and pricing.cite news | url = http://www.nabucco-pipeline.com/company/shareholders7/botas-as/botas.html | title = About us - BOTAS AS | publisher = Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH | accessdate = 2008-03-08] In practice, the gas distribution monopoly of BOTAŞ ended only in 2007, whenRoyal Dutch Shell and Bosphorus Gaz, a joint venture ofGazprom , and Enerko and Avrasya, started to sell a natural gas in the market.cite news | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_SMALLCAPSRPT/idUKL0219827620070202 | title = Shell first to end Botas gas monopoly in Turkey | publisher =Reuters | date=2007-02-02 | accessdate = 2008-03-08]Pipeline operations
In addition to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline, BOTAŞ owns and operates Ceyhan-Kırıkkale, Batman-Dörtyol, and Şelmo-Batman crude oil pipelines. It also owns and operates BOTAŞ operates the national gas grid of Turkey with total length of convert|4500|km|mi|-2, and Marmara Ereğlisi Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal. Internationally BOTAŞ participates in the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline ,Arab Gas Pipeline section between Syria and Turkey, andTurkey-Greece pipeline . It is also partner in theNabucco Pipeline project.cite news | url = http://www.nabucco-pipeline.com/cms/upload/press_release/Press%20Release%20Nabucoo%20e%20-%20RWE%20joins%20Nabucco%20consortium%20as%20sixth%20partner.pdf | title = RWE joins Nabucco consortium as sixth partner. Press release | publisher = Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH | format=PDF | date =2008-02-06 | accessdate = 2008-02-19]References
External links
* [http://www.botas.gov.tr/ Company website]
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