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Viewing cable 06ADANA255, TURKEY'S "HOUSTON"?: ADANA WANTS BTC PIPELINE TO ATTRACT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06ADANA255 2006-12-08 07:05 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Adana
VZCZCXRO9858
RR RUEHDA
DE RUEHDA #0255/01 3420705
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 080705Z DEC 06
FM AMCONSUL ADANA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4378
INFO RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0924
RUEHIT/AMCONSUL ISTANBUL 0797
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS 0185
RHMFIUU/39OS INCIRLIK AB TU
RUEHGB/AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD 0117
RUEHKB/AMEMBASSY BAKU 0006
RUEHSI/AMEMBASSY TBILISI 0006
RUEHDA/AMCONSUL ADANA 0980
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ADANA 000255 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ENRG TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY'S "HOUSTON"?: ADANA WANTS BTC PIPELINE TO ATTRACT 
MORE ENERGY-RELATED INVESTMENT 
 
REF: ANKARA (5455 
 
SUMMARY 
--------------- 
 
1.  (U) With the BTC terminal as an anchor, the Turkish 
government wants its eastern Mediterranean coast-line to develop 
into an energy-based hub that will include ship-building, 
petro-chemicals and oil refining.  While hype about Ceyhan 
becoming Turkey's "Houston" or "Rotterdam" is overblown, if some 
of the major investments now on the drawing board come to 
fruition, the region could see some welcome employment growth to 
counter the continuing woes of the local textile industry. 
Adana's conservative business community is slowly embracing its 
region's new strategic position in world energy markets, but it 
is clear that the policy vision - and capital - will come from 
elsewhere for the foreseeable future.  End summary. 
 
BTC as Flag-Ship for New Investments 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
 
2.  (U) Even before its July inauguration, the 
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline began operations and has now loaded 
over 25 million barrels of oil at the Turkish terminal near 
Ceyhan.  GOT officials are eager to develop the region around 
the terminal, which is also the end-point of the Iraq-Turkey 
pipeline that originates in Kirkuk.  The Kirkuk line has been 
plagued by sabatoge attacks in Iraq, but at full capacity it 
could pump as much as 550 million barrels per annum. 
 
3.  (SBU) East of the oil terminals, the GOT has established a 
150-hectare Special Economic Zone, which offers duty-free export 
processing privileges as well as favorable tax treatment to 
potential investors.  According to the zone's director, Muharrem 
Pusat, a Turkish shipbuilding company, Hay, is building a 
shipyard in the zone on an area of 800,000 sqm. Initially the 
yard will focus on service and repair of tankers calling at the 
oil terminals.  Later, the shipyard will also construct tankers, 
ultimately reaching a capacity of 20 per year ranging from 
10.000 to 300.000 DWT.  Pusat said the company could eventually 
employ up to 5,000 workers. 
 
4.  (U) The Hay project will take advantage of its proximity to 
Isdemir (Iskenderun Iron and Steel Industry), located a few 
miles across the bay of Iskenderun.  Isdemir, which was 
privatized in 2002, has started manufacturing flat iron, an 
important input for shipbuilding.  Adana Chamber of Industry 
President Umit Gozumus told us he would also like to attract 
some South Korean ship-building expertise to the region to 
develop the synergy with Isdemir further.  Currently the SEZ is 
mostly empty, but an Irish company, Kingspan, is finishing work 
on a 10m Euro plant to produce insallation panels.  The zone 
also hopes to attract other manufacturing companies as well as 
petroleum-related industries such as petro-chemical processing 
or fertilizer plants. 
 
One, Two, Three Refineries? 
---------------------------------- 
 
5.  (U) There is also strong interest in building at least one 
oil refinery in the region.  To date, the Turkish state-owned 
oil company Petrol Ofisi's plans appear most advanced; Pusat 
told us they have picked out a site west of the oil terminals 
and intend to build a plant with 10 million tons of annual 
capacity.  Calik Energy in conjunction with an Indian partner 
have also announced plans for a larger refinery, with a 15 
million ton capacity.  Meanwhile, PM Erdogan is reportedly 
encouraging the Russia's Lukoil to consider building its planned 
Turkish refinery in Ceyhan rather than in the Black Sea province 
of Zonguldak, as originally planned.  Finally, KazakhMunayGaz, a 
state-owned company, and Azerbaijan's SOCAR (a BTC partner) have 
also announced plans to build refineries in the region. 
 
6.  (U) These competing projects are being driven by robust 
growth forecasts for refined products in Turkey's under-supplied 
market, which is expected to increase by 6-10 percent annually 
in coming years.  In addition, giving verbal support for a 
refinery project in Ceyhan is a way for energy companies to lend 
support for the GOT's proposed Samsun-Ceyhan Bosporus by-pass 
oil pipeline without committing resources to the planned 
pipeline itself, whose commercial prospects are uncertain given 
the stiff competition from other by-pass projects . 
 
7.  (U) One reliable down-stream customer for a Ceyhan refinery 
is the tankers loading oil from the BTC pipeline.  The nearest 
"gas station" for these ships is currently in Egypt and, 
 
ADANA 00000255  002 OF 002 
 
 
according to BTC officials, these vessels could consume about 
14,000 tons of fuel per year, more if the Kirkuk pipeline 
increases its throughput - and if Samsun-Ceyhan is realized. 
Tankers from Ceyhan can serve Europe or other global markets. 
 
Adana: We're "Strategic" Now 
------------------------------------- 
 
8.  (U) Adana's political and business communities are starting 
to embrace their region's strategic position in the world energy 
puzzle.  At a recent seminar, experts from Ankara and Baku 
emphasized the BTC's international significance and talked up 
future ideas, such as the possibility of routing Russian and 
possibly Iraqi natural gas to Ceyhan, where it would be 
liquified for shipping to Israel and other consumers.  But 
Adana's lack of local expertise and capital in the energy sector 
mean that the ideas and money for these plans will have their 
origins elsewhere for the foreseeable future.  Houston wasn't 
built in a day. 
GREEN