TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (Chinese media) -- Iran's oil minister has said that he has discussed with his Turkish counterpart on the development of southern Iranian gas fields by Turkish firms, Iran's Energy and Oil Information Network (SHANA) reported on Sunday.
Iran's Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari conferred with Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler on the cooperation in Tehran on Saturday, according to SHANA.
Negotiations on constructing a 1,800-km-long gas pipe from Asalooyeh, a gas field in southern Iranian province of Booshehr, to the border of Turkey and also on the increase in the gas swap to the neighboring country were among the major areas of interest for the talks, Nozari was quoted as saying by SHANA.
Guler, on his part, said that, "Turkey and Europe need gas and we are trying to provide our need from Iran."
Meanwhile, Iran's daily Tehran Times reported that Turkey is planning to make a 3.5-billion-U.S. dollar investment in Iran for the exploration and production of natural gas.
The proposed energy agreement between Tehran and Ankara also includes the transit of gas from Turkmenistan to Turkey via Iran though Washington has not concealed its opposition to the transfer bypassing the Caspian, Tehran Times said.
Earlier in November, Ankara disclosed that several-billion-dollar energy agreements between Tehran and Ankara are expected tobe signed by the end of 2008.
Turkish news website World Bulletin quoted Guler, on the eve of his travel to Tehran, as saying that Turkey wanted to purchase more natural gas from Iran.
"Turkey currently took 27 million cubic meters of natural gas from Iran daily," the report said, adding that "23 million cubic meters more natural gas would be given to Turkey soon."
Turkey depends on Russia for 29 percent of its oil and 63 percent of its natural gas.
Guler arrived here on Saturday following his visit to Azerbaijan.
He is also scheduled to meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, the World Bulletin said, without referring to the duration of his stay in Tehran.
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