Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 18
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Turkey by 90 percent depends on external supplies of natural gas, the country’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources told Trend Dec. 18.
Despite that Turkey’s dependence on natural gas is quite high, the country hasn’t experienced shortage so far, according to the ministry.
Reducing external commodity dependence is one of the priority issues for Turkey, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, Ankara and Doha signed an agreement on the supply of 1.2 billion cubic meters of liquefied gas to Turkey in early December 2016. The agreement was signed during the Turkish president’s visit to Qatar.
At present, Turkey imports gas from Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan.
Moreover, Ankara also has agreements with Algeria and Nigeria for the supply of 4.4 billion cubic meters and 1.2 billion cubic meters of liquefied gas per year, respectively.
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