Azerbaijan increases gas supplies to Turkiye by over 31%

In July this year, Azerbaijan exported 709.97 million cubic meters of natural gas to Turkiye, Report informs referring to the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA).

This is 31.47% more than in July last year.

Thus, in July Azerbaijan became the third country exporting natural gas to Turkiye. Some 20.81% of the natural gas imported by Turkiye as a whole comes from Azerbaijan.

In January-July 2022, Turkiye imported 5.160 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan, which is 4.8% less than in the first seven months of 2021.

Natural gas produced from the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field is transported to Turkiye. Natural gas is supplied to the Turkish market via the South Caucasus Pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum) and the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP). The first gas through the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline entered the Turkish market in 2007. The transportation of commercial gas to Turkiye through TANAP began on June 30, 2018.