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port suffering quake impacts. Ministry arrived in Turkey for search- Adrian Caciu for not having attended
Ceyhan typically handles around 1mn and-rescue operations in the southeastern or for not contributing to the public
barrels a day (b/d) of crude. Around 60% of province of Kahramanmaras. consultations organised last year by the
it is sourced from Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea The following day, a second plane with a European Commission’s DG TAXUD on the
fields. The rest flows from Iraq. group of rescuers and medics arrived. The regulations for the solidarity contribution
BP operates the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Russian Emergencies Ministry’s contingent (windfall profit tax).
(BTC) pipeline, which carries Azerbaijan’s in Turkey numbers over 150 personnel, President Klaus Iohannis also declared in
crude to to Ceyhan. The pipeline also reported TASS. Brussels on February 9 that he is following
transports oil from Turkmenistan and the case of OMV Petrom regarding the
Kazakhstan. solidarity tax, and that judging from
BTC has a throughput capacity of 1.2mn Russia’s Gazprom seeks the data he has, the Ministry of Finance
b/d. However, actual Ceyhan exports (controlled by the Social Democrats)
haven’t held above 1mn b/d for a sustained compensation from Bulgaria, drafted the ordinance without consulting
period since at least 2008, according to the Ministry of Energy, which is controlled
cargo loading data compiled by Bloomberg. caretaker energy minister says by the Liberals).
Since the beginning of the year, ANAF,
Russia’s Gazprom is seeking compensation and now the National Mineral Resources
Turkey gas hub plans won’t from Bulgaria, after Sofia refused to start Agency (ANRM), have been conducting
paying for natural gas supplies in rubles
inspections at OMV Petrom in order to
be abandoned following in 2022, caretaker Energy Minister Rossen establish whether the company should pay
Hristov said on February 10.
the tax.
earthquake disaster says to halt gas supplies to Bulgaria, after the asked for clarifications from the European
At the same time, the government
At the end of April, Gazprom decided
Kremlin country followed the EU’s decision to reject Commission.
OMV Petrom, which more than tripled
Moscow’s request for payment in rubles.
Turkey’s earthquake disaster may cause a Until then, Bulgaria was almost completely its profit last year thanks to the high
considerable delay in delivering on plans for dependent on Russian gas. energy prices, said that according to its
a gas hub in the country, but the ambition The country had a contract with calculations, the company is not subject
will not be abandoned, according to Russian Gazprom until the end of 2022, under to the solidarity contribution, sparking
presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. which it was supposed to pay in US dollars. protests from other taxpayers and mutual
“Of course, the development of a gas hub “There is an ongoing correspondence. accusations among the ruling partners PNL
cannot be Turkey’s priority at the moment, Claims have been made by the Russian side and PSD.
we understand this. So, there may be some for a certain sum, we have answered back... PNL urges the Ministry of Finance led
delay [in project execution],” Peskov said, I do not want to comment further because by the PSD to explain why four NACE
according to TASS. of confidentiality,” Hristov said in an codes [used by OMV Petrom to evade the
Peskov emphasised that “many, many interview with public Broadcaster BNT. solidarity contribution] were not included
countries, including Russia” will assist “They want us to pay for something they in the ordinance and why the finance
Ankara in realising the gas hub if required. believe that we owe them,” he added. ministry has not opted for a more general
Turkey planned to hold a gas hub Later on the same day, the energy formulation with no NACE codes specified,
summit during February 14-15. However, it ministry clarified on its website that as it was the case in other countries. PNL
has rescheduled to March 22. Gazprom is seeking compensation for said that it is open to debates within the
Separately, rescue workers of the Russian unpaid sums from April for gas already ruling coalition “to identify solutions to
emergency ministry are working round- supplied. correct the situation generated by these
the-clock in areas of Turkey hardest hit by restrictive specifications included in the
the two giant earthquakes that struck on government ordinance”.
February 6, TASS quoted Daniil Martynov, Tensions within Romania’s
an adviser to the Russian emergency
situations minister said on January 9. ruling coalition as OMV Petrom Alteo board advises against
Martynov said that apart from rescuers,
the Russian team also comprised of likely to avoid solidarity tax accepting buyout offer by MOL-
psychologists and canine detection
handlers. The junior ruling party in Romania, the led consortium
On February 7, more than 100 rescue National Liberal Party (PNL), blames the
workers from the Russian Emergencies Social Democrat (PSD) Finance Minister The board of listed alternative energy

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