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BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation is the state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines and trading company in Turkey. The company was established in 1974 as a subsidiary of TPAO (Turkish Petroleum). BOTAŞ was originally established in 1974 for construction and operation of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline. 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 the national gas grid of Turkey with total length of 4,500 kilometres (2,800 mi), and Marmara Ereğlisi Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal.

Turkey’s Gulf of Saros waiting for FSRU vessel

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – Turkey’s Gulf of Saros is waiting for the arrival of a Floating Storage Regasification Unit...

Turkey marks inauguration of Hatay-based FSRU LNG vessel

Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 28, 2021 – Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez has attended a ceremony to inaugurate the...

Further reports criticise Saros FSRU project

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 6, 2021 – The construction of the FSRU Port and Pipeline Project of BOTAŞ between Gökçetepe and Sazlıdere...

New Saros port receives environmental challenge

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – Earlier this month, BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas...

BOTAŞ issues tender for FSRU Saros terminal work

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 15, 2020 – BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines...

Environmental challenges remain for BOTAŞ Saros FSRU

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 9, 2020 – BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines...

Turkey set to receive world’s largest FRSU

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 –  The MOL FSRU Challenger vessel is scheduled to arrive in Turkey this month from South Korea. The...

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