Italy receives 4.3 bcm of gas from Azerbaijan through TAP

In January-May of 2024, Azerbaijan's imports of natural gas to Italy through the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) reached 4.3 billion cubic meters, the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security told Report.

"This is 4.5% more than the 4.12 billion cubic meters recorded in the same period of 2023," the ministry said.

In the five months of this year, Italy imported a total of 27.63 billion cubic meters of gas, which is 4.4% less compared to the corresponding period of last year. Azerbaijan's share in Italy's total gas import reached 15.6%.

Azerbaijani gas deliveries to Italy made 890 million cubic meters in May, marking a 10.4% increase year-on-year.

This is while the total volume of natural gas imports to Italy made 3.55 billion cubic meters in the same month, marking a 6.9% decline, with the share of Azerbaijani gas at 25%.

According to the ministry, in 2023, Italy bought 9.99 billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan through TAP (3.2% less than in 2022).

Azerbaijan started exporting gas to Europe on December 31, 2022.