Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 28
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Russia exported 4.59 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey in January-February of 2016 versus 5.15 billion cubic meters in the same period of 2015, said the report posted on the website of Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA).
Russia supplied 26.78 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Turkey in 2015 versus 27 billion cubic meters in 2014.
Turkey imported 9.36 billion cubic meters of gas in January-February of 2016, some 7.29 billion cubic meters of which were imported via pipelines, and 2.07 billion cubic meters accounted for the import of the liquefied natural gas (LNG), said the report.
Russia's share in Turkey's total gas import was 49 percent in January-February 2016, according to the report.
Turkey imports gas from Azerbaijan via the South Caucasus gas pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum). The country has a contract for purchasing 6.6 billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas and condensate field per year.
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