BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 28. The Hungarian natural gas transmission system will soon be ready to receive Azerbaijani natural gas from the southern direction, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary Tamás Torma said in an exclusive interview with Trend October 28.
“In this context, we welcome the commissioning of the Greece-Bulgaria Interconnector on the 1st of October and look forward to the completion of other infrastructure projects in South-East-Europe. At the same time, we hope that Azerbaijan will soon be able to supply enough gas to meet the increased European demands,” said the ambassador.
Azerbaijan’s gas exports to Europe began on December 31, 2020 with the commissioning of the Southern Gas Corridor comprising of the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion, the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).
Azerbaijan increased natural gas exports by 10.9 percent from January through September 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021, with total volume of exports rising from 14.927 billion cubic meters (bcm) to 16.553 bcm.
Natural gas accounted for 41 percent of Azerbaijan’s total exports from January through September 2022, versus 20.17 percent in the same period in 2021.
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