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TR_123456

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Only transit?
As far as I read, Turkey will refine the oil inhouse and then resell it for a bigger profit margin
The decades-old agreement on the pipeline — which carries Iraqi crude to Turkiye’s Mediterranean export terminal of Ceyhan, a key outlet for regional oil shipments — had expired on Monday.



“While our efforts continue toward a new long-term agreement for this pipeline.. we have implemented this transit arrangement covering a daily capacity of 750,000 barrels,” Bayraktar wrote.


Zaidi said Iraqi and Turkish companies would begin implementing the agreement while the two governments would push ahead with efforts “to finalise a comprehensive framework agreement covering the oil, electricity, and water resources sectors”. The Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline has a maximum capacity of about 1.5 million barrels per day.


Published in Dawn, August 2nd, 2026



I think you mean the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline.
 
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As far as I read, Turkey will refine the oil inhouse and then resell it for a bigger profit margin
Do we still have refineries to make profit?

By my knowledge Petkim belongs to Azerbaijan
 

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Do we still have refineries to make profit?

By my knowledge Petkim belongs to Azerbaijan
As far as my info goes, they were planning to establish a joint venture with Saudi Aramco. It was supposed to be a move to give more credibility to the proposed SA-Jordan-Syria-Turkey pipeline and trade route
 

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So this is indeed happening. 2 Istanbul bridges and 10 highways to be privatized for 30 years. These are all infrastructure that was paid and built by public funds and our taxes paid for their construction and operation for decades. Now we will be asked to pay exorbitantly increased fees to use them, when on the contrary they should be free to use. That is because the government is preparing for another election and they need nice hot cash they can get tomorrow instead of over the next decade.

 

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So this is indeed happening. 2 Istanbul bridges and 10 highways to be privatized for 30 years. These are all infrastructure that was paid and built by public funds and our taxes paid for their construction and operation for decades. Now we will be asked to pay exorbitantly increased fees to use them, when on the contrary they should be free to use. That is because the government is preparing for another election and they need nice hot cash they can get tomorrow instead of over the next decade.


France made the same mistake 20 years ago. Those private companies that are exploiting those highways are doing extraordinary profit.
 

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