Turkey increases natural gas import from Azerbaijan by 12%

In January-February 2021 Turkey imported 966 million cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan, which is 12.4% more than a year earlier, Report informs, referring to a statement by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Turkey (EMRA).

In February Turkey imported 6.002 bcm of gas in total, up 14% from the previous year.

Of this, 4.150 bcm was transported via pipelines, 1,851 bcm via LNG, respectively, up 51.5% and 26.6% from a year ago.

Russia was the largest gas supplier to Turkey in February – 2.375 bcm, which is 2.1-fold higher than 2020. Russia was followed by Azerbaijan and Iran (808 million cubic meters, +5.4%).