Crude oil loading and unloading operations have resumed at Türkiye's Dortyol terminal in Hatay and the Ceyhan terminal in Adana, two of the regions affected by Monday's devastating earthquakes, the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Company (BOTAS) announced Friday.
The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in Kahramanmaras province, affected more than 13 million people across 10 provinces, including Adana, Hatay, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.
Oil flow through the Batman-Dortyol onshore pipeline, which runs from Batman to Hatay in the eastern region of Türkiye, was stopped as a precaution, but the system was reactivated 39 hours after the earthquake, BOTAS relayed via a post on Twitter.
'Crude oil loading and unloading operations have been resumed at the Dortyol Terminal,' the company stated.
Floating liquefied natural gas storage and regasification unit (FSRU) operations at the terminal, which were also stopped for precautionary purposes, restarted six hours after the earthquakes, the company said.
'Crude oil loading and unloading operations were resumed at the Ceyhan Terminal,' BOTAS said.
Oil flow from the Iraq-Türkiye crude oil pipeline was also halted as a result of the earthquakes. BOTAS added that operations resumed within 42 hours after all controls were completed.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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