The Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company is leading an international initiative to channel crude oil from Ceyhan in southeast Turkey to eastern Asia, using its infrastructure in Israel. EAPC’s concept is that the oil would be pumped in Georgia and Azerbaijan, and be brought to Turkey by pipeline. From Turkey it will be shipped by tanker to Ashkelon, whence it would be transported by pipeline to Eilat. In Eilat, the oil would be loaded onto a new set of tankers for transportation to eastern Asia