Trend: Turkey increases its gas export-import operations

In January-April 2014, Turkish state-owned pipeline company BOTAS imported 15.01 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas from various sources versus 12.61 bcm in the same period of 2013, according to a message from the company.

Turkey imports gas from Azerbaijan, which is delivered via the South Caucasus Pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum). In total in 2013, BOTAS imported 38.42 bcm of gas from various sources as compared to 43.09 bcm in 2012.

BOTAS' export operations hit 231 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas in January-April versus 188 mcm in the same period of last year. The company's export operations in 2013 accounted for 694 mcm of gas compared to 622 mcm in 2012.

Some 14.93 bcm of gas was sold in Turkey's domestic market in January-April, compared to 13.95 bcm in January-April 2013, according to the message.
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