Baku, Azerbaijan, July 29
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Iran exported 3.35 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey in January-May 2016, as compared to 3.13 billion cubic meters in the same period in 2015, said the report published on the website of Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority.
Iran exported 7.83 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Turkey in 2015, as compared to 8.93 billion cubic meters in 2014.
Turkey imported 19.94 billion cubic meters of gas in January-May 2016 and 16.22 billion cubic meters of this volume was imported via pipelines, while 3.72 billion cubic meters accounted for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to the report.
Iran accounted for 16.79 percent of Turkey’s total gas import in January-May 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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