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    Turkey boosts gas import by 20% in April

Summary

Turkey increased gas imports (including LNG) by 19.61% to above 4.25bn m³ in April compared with the same month of 2016.

by: Dalga Khatinoglu

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Turkey boosts gas import by 20% in April

Turkey increased gas imports (including LNG) by 19.61% to above 4.25bn m³ in April compared with the same month of 2016. According to a report, released by the energy market regulator, Turkey increased piped imports from all sources, including Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan.

However Turkey decreased LNG imports by 9.1% to 428.19mn m³, while pipeline imports increased by 23.84% to 3.822bn m³.

Turkey's gas imports (mn m³)

Sources

April

Y/Y change

Jan-April

Y/Y change

Azerbaijan

576.84

5.61%

2,173.71

- 4%

Iran

810.73

24.53%

3,227.85

14.11%

Russia

2,434.49

28.87%

10,372.34

25.86%

LNG

428.19

- 9.1%

4,672.21

37.6%

Total imports

4,250.25

19.61%

20,446.1

22.26%

 Source: Govt

During January-April, Turkey’s total gas imports rose by 22.26% to 20.446bn m³, of which 15.774bn m³ was pipeline gas, showing a growth of 18.4% y/y. LNG imports also rose by 37.67% to 4.672bn m³. During the four months to April, Turkey’s exports to Greece rose by 12% to above 203mn m³.

 

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