Azerbaijan reduces gas exports to Turkiye by nearly 4%

In October this year, Turkiye imported 760.97 million cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan, 0.13% less than in October last year, Report informs, referring to the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK).

Thus, in October, Azerbaijan was second in the export of natural gas to Turkiye. Azerbaijan accounted for 23.5% of Turkiye's total natural gas imports.

In January-October this year, Turkiye imported 7.171 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan, which is 3.9% less than a year earlier.

In October this year, Turkiye imported a total of 3.238 billion cubic meters of gas, which is 30.47% less than in 2021. The leader in exports is Russia, which supplied 948,830 billion cubic meters to Turkiye (down 49.14%). Iran is in third place, supplying Turkiye with 671.3 million cubic meters (up 69.9%).

Turkiye receives natural gas produced from the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field. Volumes of natural gas are supplied to the Turkish market through 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. Commercial gas supplies to Turkiye through TANAP began on June 30, 2018.