National Iranian Gas Company Eyes Turkey's Baskent Gaz

The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has shown interest in Turkey’s natural gas distribution company, Baskent Gaz, reports in the media said.

Turkish energy officials were quoted by Zaman newspaper as saying that NIGC has demanded the preliminary documents for the tender, Press TV said. The deadline for bids for Baskent, which supplies gas to 1.4 million people in Ankara, expires on Friday. 

The paper reported that NIGC’s successful bid for 100 percent of Baskent would further boost energy ties between Iran and Turkey, regardless of Western sanctions against the Islamic Republic’s energy sector.

Iran is the second largest natural gas supplier to Turkey.