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Azerbaijani gas export to Turkey increases

Oil&Gas Materials 27 February 2017 20:55 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan exported 6.48 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey in 2016 as compared to 6.17 billion cubic meters exported in 2015.
Azerbaijani gas export to Turkey increases

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 27

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

Azerbaijan exported 6.48 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey in 2016 as compared to 6.17 billion cubic meters exported in 2015, the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority said in a report posted on its website.

Azerbaijan supplied 6.17 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey in 2015 versus 6.07 billion cubic meters in 2014.

According to the report, Turkey imported 46.35 billion cubic meters of gas in 2016, out of which 38.72 billion cubic meters were imported via pipelines and 7.63 billion cubic meters accounted for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports.

Azerbaijan's share in Turkey's total gas imports was 13.98 percent in 2016.

Turkey imports gas from Azerbaijan via the South Caucasus Pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum).

Turkey has a contract for the annual purchase of 6.6 billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan's offshore Shah Deniz gas and condensate field.

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