Minister: Turkey to replace part of Iranian oil imports by Libyan oil

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 30 / Trend, A.Taghiyeva / Turkey intends to replace part of imported Iranian oil by the Libyan oil, TRT Haber TV channel quotes Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz as saying on Friday. Yildiz said Libyan oil will be imported by Turkish company Tupras. "Turkey will import one million tons of oil from Libya at the first stage," Yildiz said. Turkey took such a step for diversification of sources of energy resources supply to the country. Earlier, Turkey has repeatedly stated that it will continue purchasing Iranian oil, despite the EU and U.S. sanctions against Iran. In 2010, Tupras bought 7.41 million tons of Iranian oil, which makes almost 38 percent of the oil processed in the amount of 19.6 million tons by the company last year.