Turkey increases gas exports in January-March

Azerbaijan, Baku, 25 April / Trend, E. Ismailov / In January-March 2013, the Turkish state pipeline company Botas imported 9.71 billion cubic meters of gas from a variety of sources compared to 12.74 billion cubic meters in January-March 2012, according to a statement posted on the official website of Botas. In 2012, Botas imported 43.09 billion cubic meters of gas from a variety of sources versus more than 39.7 billion cubic meters in 2011. Turkey also imports gas from Azerbaijan which is supplied via the South Caucasus gas pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum). Also, Botas exported 128 million cubic meters of gas in January-March against 112 million cubic meters in January-March last year. Last year, the export performance of Botas reached 622 million cubic meters of gas compared to 726 million cubic meters in 2011. In January-March 2013, 11.2 billion cubic meters of gas were sold in the domestic market of Turkey compared to 12.85 billion cubic meters of gas in January-March last year. Some 41.44 billion cubic meters of gas were sold in Turkey's domestic market in 2012 compared to 39.4 billion cubic meters of gas in 2011. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az