Türkiye İran'a ambargo kararları çerçevesinde İran'dan petrol ithalatını durdurmaya hazırlanıyor. Reuters haber ajansının haberine göre, TÜPRAŞ yetkilileri bu ay Suudi Arabistan'lı yetkililerle görüşmeye gidecek. Halen toplam petrol ithalatının yüzde 30'unu İran'dan yapan Türkiye bu yolla, petrol ithalatındaki olası açığı kapatmaya çalışacak. TÜPRAŞ yetkililerinin Suudi petrol şirketi Aramco ile görüşmesi bekleniyor. Ancak Reuters'e konuşan bir kaynak Suudi Arabistan'ın Güney Kore, Japonya ve diğer ambargoya uyacak ülkelerin tümünün talebini karşılayamayacağını belirtiyorlar. Ayrıca kaynaklar TÜPRAŞ yetkililerinin Rus, Azerbeycan ve Güney Afrika ile de petrol ithalatı için görüşme yapabileceğini belirtiyorlar. Reuters'in haberinin orjinali için Haberin devamını tıklayın:
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Exclusive: Turkey works to cut dependence on Iranian oil
GENEVA/LONDON |
(Reuters) - Turkish refiner Tupras plans to cut its dependence on imports of Iranian oil and will meet Saudi Arabian authorities this month, industry sources familiar with the company's strategy said on Thursday, as Western powers crack down on Iran's oil sales.
Turkey
imports more than 30 percent of its daily consumption from Iranand
has so far given no indication that it will comply with a planned European
Union import embargo on Iranian crude.
But one
of the sources said that Iranian threats to shut down the world's most
important oil export route, the Strait of Hormuz, had helped push Turkish oil
officials to try to reduce the country's heavy dependence on Iran's oil.
Iran has
made no move to shut the world's most important oil export route, which had a
daily flow of almost 17 million barrels last year, but has threatened action if
Europe implements new sanctions.
Another
of the sources said Tupras officials were planning to meet Saudi Arabian oil
authorities this month, with a view to switching to alternative sources of
crude by the summer.
Tupras
declined to give an immediate comment.
"I
think the meeting is to learn the supply capacity ahead of (state oil company
Saudi) Aramco's other clients," said the first source, adding that other
oil producing countries would also be contacted.
"I
don't think Saudi can cover all of the import requirements. You must consider
demands made by China,
Korea, India, Japan also," he said
"Maybe
at most, half of its Iran imports may be substituted," he estimated.
A Saudi
source said the kingdom's oil authorities were getting more orders to replace
Iranian crude but declined to comment on specific requests.
The first
source said Turkey was also planning to meet with oil suppliers from Russia,
Azerbaijan and West Africa.
According
to sources familiar with the Russian oil market, Turkey has begun to show an increased
interest in its crude supplies.
"Tupras
has been recently buying more Urals. I guess right now everyone is trying to
diversify from Iran one way or another," one trader said.
