Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 29
By Fatih Karimov– Trend:
Iran’s oil export to Turkey increased by 104 percent year-on-year in September to 1.23 million tons.
Crude oil imports from Iran accounted to 52 percent of Turkey’s overall oil imports in 1-month period, according to a report, released by Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Body.
Turkey’s oil import in September 2017:
Exporter Country |
September 2017 (tons) |
September 2016 (tons) |
Growth% |
Share% |
Iran |
1,229,260.1 |
601,795.55 |
104 |
52 |
Russia |
358,041.43 |
119,596.458 |
199 |
15 |
Iraq |
429,640.66 |
744,875.319 |
-42 |
18 |
Saudi Arabia |
150,790.12 |
213,844.504 |
-29 |
6 |
Kuwait |
151,489.08 |
232,823.577 |
-35 |
6 |
Greece |
38,790.502 |
0 |
- |
2 |
Total |
2,358,011.9 |
1,912,935.408 |
23 |
100 |
Iran was Turkey’s first crude oil supplier in September, followed by Iraq, Russia and Kuwait.
Turkey’s total crude oil imports in September accounted to 2.36 million tons, 23 percent more year-on-year.
Iran’s total crude oil export to Turkey reached 6.7 million tons in 2016.
Turkey’s oil import from Iran:
Year |
Million tons |
Barrels per day |
2008 |
7.8 |
158,137 |
2009 |
3.228 |
65,444 |
2010 |
7.261 |
147,209 |
2011 |
9.287 |
188,284 |
2012 |
7.561 |
153,292 |
2013 |
5.256 |
106,560 |
2014 |
5.194 |
105,303 |
2015 |
5.587 |
113,271 |
2016 |
6.677 |
135,369 |