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Turkey reduces gas import from Russia

Oil&Gas Materials 21 June 2016 13:07 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, June 21

By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:

Turkey imported 8.24 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia in January-April 2016, as compared to 9.39 billion cubic meters in the same period of 2015, says the report posted on the website of the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA).

Russia supplied 26.78 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Turkey in 2015, as compared to almost 27 billion cubic meters in 2014.

The report also says Turkey imported 16.72 billion cubic meters of gas in January-April 2016, 13.33 billion cubic meters of which were imported via pipelines, and 3.39 billion cubic meters accounted for the import of the liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Russia’s share in the total volume of Turkey’s gas import was 49.28 percent in January-April 2016.

Russia supplies gas to Turkey via the Blue Stream and the Trans-Balkan pipelines. Blue Stream is a major trans-Black Sea gas pipeline with the capacity of 16 billion cubic meters per year that carries natural gas from Russia into Turkey.

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