Turkey eyes Iraq as major energy partner

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (left) with Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik at the Baghdad offices of Turkish Petroleum Corp. Sept. 19, 2010. Earlier that day, Yildiz and Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani signed a 15 year extension to the agreement operating the northern Iraqi oil pipeline. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Turkey's energy minister sits down with Iraq Oil Report to discuss energy cooperation, gas supplies for Nabucco, energy imports without Baghdad's approval and the new terms for the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline.

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Turkey eyes Iraq as major energy partner

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (left) with Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik at the Baghdad offices of Turkish Petroleum Corp. Sept. 19, 2010. Earlier that day, Yildiz and Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani signed a 15 year extension to the agreement operating the northern Iraqi oil pipeline. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)

Turkey's energy minister sits down with Iraq Oil Report to discuss energy cooperation, gas supplies for Nabucco, energy imports without Baghdad's approval and the new terms for the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline.