Iraq becomes Turkey’s largest oil supplier in 2013


ISTANBUL — Iraq ranked first among countries that Turkey imports oil from in 2013 with 32 percent, said the Energy Market Regulatory Authority on Thursday.According to the Regulatory Authority's 2013 Oil Sector Report, Iraq's share in Turkey's oil imports surged from 19 percent to 32 percent in 2013.Iran's share decreased from 39 to 28 percent and Russia's share decreased from 11 to 8 percent.In addition, the report said that Turkey's oil imports decreased by 4.8 percent compared to 2012. Eleven percent of Turkey's oil needs were met through the country's local extraction, while the rest was imported from Iraq, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhistan and Libya in 2013.