ANKARA - A ceremony will be held in Ceyhan-Yumurtalýk installations of Turkish pipeline company (BOTAS) on June 22, Sunday due to the export of the first Iraqi oil to Turkey after the second Gulf war.
Iraqi oil marketing company SOMO'S director general Mohammad Al Ciburi, Iraqi Oil Ministry Executive Committee Chairman James Caroll and Deputy Chairman Fadýl Ali Osman, other Iraqi officials, BOTAS Director General Mehmet Bilgic and Turkish Petroleum Inc. (TUPRAS) Director General Husamettin Danýs will attend the ceremony.
The first Iraqi oil purchased by TUPRAS will be loaded to a Turkish tanker during the ceremony.
(ÖÞ) 19.06.2003