Turkey’s imports of natural gas increased in 2014, the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced on Wednesday.
Compared to the previous year, gas imports rose by 8.82 percent to 49.2 billion cubic meters. Nearly 55 percent of natural gas at 26.9 billion cubic meters came from Russia, 8.9 billion cubic meters was imported from Iran and 6 billion cubic meters came from Azerbaijan.
In addition, Turkey imported 7.2 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas last year – 14.78 percent of Turkey’s total natural gas imports.
The report also revealed that Turkey’s natural gas production fell by 10.8 percent in 2014, totaling 479 million cubic meters. More than half of Turkey’s natural gas production took place in the north-western province of Tekirdag.
Natural gas production in Turkey has been decreasing since 2008 as reserves are depleting.
By Muhsin Baris Tiryakioglu
Anadolu Agency
enerji@aa.com.tr
