Baku, Azerbaijan, June 21
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Iran exported 2.83 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey in January-April 2016, as compared to 2.66 billion cubic meters in the same period in 2015, said the report issued by Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority.
Iran delivered 7.83 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Turkey in 2015, as compared to 8.93 billion cubic meters in 2014.
The report said that in January-April, Turkey imported 16.72 billion cubic meters of gas, of which 13.33 billion cubic meters were delivered via pipelines, while 3.39 billion cubic meters accounted for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Iran accounted for 16.91 percent of the total volume of Turkey's gas import in January-April 2016.
Iranian gas is delivered to Turkey via the Tabriz-Ankara pipeline with the capacity of 14 billion cubic meters per year.
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