Baku, Azerbaijan, May 27
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Iran exported 2.18 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey in the first quarter of 2016 as compared to 2.14 billion cubic meters in the same period of 2015, said a report of the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK).
Iran supplied 7.83 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Turkey in 2015 versus 8.93 billion cubic meters in 2014.
The report also said that Turkey imported 13.17 billion cubic meters of gas in Q1 2016, out of which 10.24 billion cubic meters were imported via pipelines and 2.93 billion cubic meters accounted for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports.
Iran's share in Turkey's total gas imports was 16.5 percent in January-March 2016.
Iranian gas is supplied to Turkey via the Tabriz-Ankara pipeline, which has a capacity of 14 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
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