Türkiye releases 11.6 million barrels of crude in IEA’s record stockpile
Türkiye said it will release 11.6 million barrels of crude oil from its strategic reserves as part of the International Energy Agency’s largest-ever coordinated stockpile release.
The country’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Thursday.
Mr Bayraktar said during a visit to a coal mine in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak that a national oil committee approved the release to take place gradually over 90 days.
“We decided to release 11.6 million barrels from our strategic reserves in support of the IEA’s coordinated release of 400 million barrels,” he told reporters.
IEA earlier on Wednesday recommended that members release a combined 400 million barrels from national stockpiles the largest coordinated action in the agency’s history.
According to Executive Director Fatih Birol, IEA, has 32 member countries and 13 association countries representing roughly 75 per cent of global energy demand.
The coordinated release came amid conflict in the Middle East that has drastically reduced oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz including imports from Iran.
(dpa/NAN)
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