Topic: Hilmi Guler

ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said Wednesday his country would push for a joint gas production deal with Iran.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said Wednesday the proposed Nabucco natural gas pipeline is a top national interest to diversify the regional energy sector.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler traveled to the Azeri capital, Baku, to discuss securing gas exports to his country for the coming winter months.

Iran, Venezuela urge OPEC to cut production; Turkey, Azerbaijan meet on oil and gas; ConocoPhillips invests big in Australia.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The recent dispute between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia has highlighted the fragility of Western energy corridors through Georgia. Now Turkey, a stalwart U.S. NATO ally, is reconsidering its energy relations with Iran, a move certain to unsettle Washington.

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Turkey's state-owned pipeline firm BOTAS is taking the necessary steps to resume oil flow through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, officials said Tuesday.

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Turkish officials said Monday they would sign an energy investment deal with Iran in September following a visit to the region by the Iranian president.

BTC flow to resume in days; Baku-Supsa oil pipeline to remain closed; Nabucco oversupplied, officials say; Russian oil terminal under way; Lebanon seeks Egyptian natural gas.

In the voluminous coverage of the rising conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia flows an ominous undercurrent largely overlooked by Western press coverage -- oil.

WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- World-high energy prices have blindsided many countries, including a number in the oil-rich Middle East, none more so than Turkey. In 2007 Turkish domestic production supplied a paltry 8.7 percent of the nation's crude oil and 2.6 percent of its natural gas; price increases since the beginning of the year have severely constrained the growth of the Turkish economy, leaving Ankara to search for alternatives.