BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept.4. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium has provided Trend with data regarding the monthly transportation volumes in standard cubic meters for the first half of 2023.
| Month |
Volume |
|
January 2023 |
980,114,636 |
|
February 2023 |
868,060,101 |
|
March 2023 |
1,020,425,861 |
|
April 2023 |
973,009,122 |
|
May 2023 |
931,439,693 |
|
June 2023 |
908,921,947 |
According to the data, the peak volume occurred in March, surpassing 1 billion cubic meters, whereas the lowest level was observed in February, exceeding 868 million cubic meters.
Meanwhile, data from the energy ministry for the same period in 2023 indicates that Azerbaijan produced 24.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas. Of this, 6.5 billion cubic meters were extracted from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field, and 13.2 billion cubic meters came from the Shah Deniz field. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) contributed 4.4 billion cubic meters to the overall gas production during this period. Gas transportation also increased by 0.7 billion cubic meters, signaling a 3 percent rise compared to the previous year.
Gas sales during this period amounted to 12 billion cubic meters, showing a 7.5 percent growth compared to the corresponding period in the previous year. Of this total, approximately 5 billion cubic meters of gas were exported to Türkiye, 5.7 billion cubic meters to Europe, and 1.3 billion cubic meters to Georgia. More than 2.8 billion cubic meters of gas were exported to Türkiye through the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) during this time.
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