Baku, Azerbaijan, May 27
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Russia exported 6.35 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey in the first quarter of 2016, as compared to 7.5 billion cubic meters in January-March 2015, said the report of the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK).
The report also said that Turkey imported 13.17 billion cubic meters of gas in the Q1 2016, 10.24 billion cubic meters of which were imported via pipelines, and 2.93 billion cubic meters accounted for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Russia's share in the total volume of Turkey's gas import was 48.2 percent in January-March 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.
Edited by SI
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