Lake Tuz Natural Gas Storage Lake Tuz Natural Gas Storage Lake Tuz Natural Gas Storage () is an underground natural gas storage facility under construction in Aksaray Province, central Turkey. It was developed artificially in a salt formation. The storage facility is situated near Sultanhanı town in Aksaray Province south of LakeTuz at a depth of . It was established by creating salt caverns. The twelve man-made salt caverns with a total volume of can hold natural gas. Daily delivery from the storage can be up to when needed. The geological structure of the area is suitable for large underground natural gas storage facilities. The
Tuz Khurmatu Tuz Khurmatu Tuz Khurmatu (, also spelled as Tuz Khurma and Tuz Khormato or just Khurmatu) is the central city of Tooz District in Saladin Province, Iraq, located 55 miles south of Kirkuk. The town is multi-ethnic, with a majority of Turkmen. Tuz Khormato, along with Altun Kupri, Amerli, Bashir, Bustamli, Mahalabiyah, Qarah Tappah, Sulaiman Bek, Tal Afar, Taza Khurmatu, and Yankjah, make up the largest Turkmen-majority cities in Iraq. while Mosul, Kirkuk, Kifri, Daquq, Muqdadiyah, Jalawla, and Al-Sadiyah have significant Turkmen minority populations. The town participated in the 1991 Iraqi uprising before being suppressed by the Ba'athist Iraqi army.