Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 3
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Turkey imported 19.17 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas from Russia in January-October 2016 as compared to 21.59 bcm in the same period of 2015, Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority said in a report on its website Jan. 3.
Russia supplied 26.78 bcm of natural gas to Turkey in 2015 as compared to almost 27 bcm in 2014.
The report also says Turkey imported 36.42 bcm of gas in January-October 2016, of which 30.62 bcm were delivered via pipelines, while 5.8 bcm accounted for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Russia accounted for 52.6 percent of Turkey’s total gas import in January-October 2016.
Russia supplies gas to Turkey via the Blue Stream and 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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