BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 28. Azerbaijan increased natural gas exports to Türkiye by 1.95 percent in June 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, from 729.4 million cubic meters to 743.7 million cubic meters, Türkiye’s Energy Markets Regulatory Authority (EPDK) said, Trend reports.
Azerbaijan ranked first in terms of natural gas exports to Türkiye during the reporting period. In general, 31.9 percent of all natural gas received by Türkiye was imported from Azerbaijan.
In June, Russia took second place in gas exports to Türkiye. In total, 707.5 million cubic meters of natural gas were exported from Russia to Türkiye, which is 58.13 percent less than supplies for the same period in 2022.
Iran ranks third with an indicator of 419.2 million cubic meters, which is 50.98 percent less than in June 2022.
Natural gas extracted from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field is being transported to Türkiye. Volumes of natural gas are supplied to the Turkish market through the South Caucasus Pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum) and the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP). The first gas via the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline entered the Turkish market in 2007. Transportation of commercial gas to Turkey via TANAP began on June 30, 2018.