Earthquake bypasses Turkish oil pipelines, flows continue – local sources

A Turkish energy official has said that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, carrying oil from Azerbaijan had not been damaged after the earthquake.

The source also said the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline that transports Iraqi oil to Türkiye also bypassed the disaster, and oil continues to flow through both pipelines, Reuters informs.

However, operations at the Ceyhan oil terminal in southern Türkiye were suspended, the Tribeca shipping agency said, adding that an emergency meeting was being held on the issue.

The eastern Mediterranean terminal is some 155 km (96 miles) from the area of the quake's epicentre.

The magnitude 7.8 quake struck southern Türkiye and northwest Syria early morning on February 6, killing more than 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble.

Earlier state pipeline operator BOTAS said natural gas flows were halted to Gaziantep, Hatay and Kahramanmaras provinces and some other districts as a result of damage to a gas transmission line.