IOC's desire to build a refining and petrochemical base in Turkey makes interesting reading.
The plan is make a joint bid with Turkey's Calik Group for the government's stake in Petkim and also construct a 15m tonne/year refinery at Ceyhan for completion in 2012.
IOC had expressed interest in Turkey a year back and the Turkish government's plan to sell its stake in Petkim dates back to 1999. Sale efforts were relaunched last year and the government's target is complete the process by 15 June 2007.
I can understand IOC's desire to develop a global footprint. But would it not be better for the company to instead focus on its refinery and petrochemical projects in India, especially as some of the projects are facing significant delays.
Comments (3)
Could it be that Turkey is an alternative to India, given its rapid growth? And wouldn't IOC be advised to tread carefully on adding to Indian capacity with Reliance already likely to push polymer markets into big oversupply by 2010-11?
Posted by John Richardson | March 29, 2007 1:03 PM
Posted on March 29, 2007 13:03
Could it be that Turkey is an alternative to India? Reliance is already set to push India into big polymer oversupply by 2010-11 and Turkey's market is growing like crazy
Posted by John Richardson | March 29, 2007 1:08 PM
Posted on March 29, 2007 13:08
Turkey is growing strongly, it is only a pity that it is not in the European Union.
Posted by Biofuelsimon | April 25, 2007 10:25 AM
Posted on April 25, 2007 10:25