Azerbaijani gas supplies to Italy via TAP surpass 5.1BCM this year

Gas supplies from Azerbaijan to Italy via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) amounted to 5.170 billion cubic meters in January-June 2024, the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security told Report.

"In January-June 2024, 5.170 billion cubic meters of gas were supplied to Italy via TAP, compared to 4.901 billion cubic meters in the first half of last year. Thus, the volume of supplies increased by 5.5% in the reporting period of the current year," the ministry reported.

In total, in January-June 2024, Italy imported 31.072 billion cubic meters, which is 4.6% lower compared to the same period last year.

At the same time, the share of Azerbaijani gas accounted for 16.6%. At the same time, in June, Azerbaijani gas supplies to Italy amounted to 867 million cubic meters, which is 10.6% higher than the figure for June last year. In June, total natural gas imports to Italy amounted to 3.441 billion (a decline of 5.7%).

Gas from Azerbaijan accounted for 25.2%. According to the ministry, in 2023, Italy received 9.988 billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan via TAP (a decline of 3.2% compared to 2022). Azerbaijan began exporting gas to Europe on December 31, 2022.