Turkey reduces gas purchases from Azerbaijan after restoring supplies from Iran

Turkey stopped gas transport from Iran on August 11 after a pipeline blast. Gas transport has recently restarted, Trend reports.

The Turkish Ministry for Energy and Natural Resources said that has purchases from Azerbaijan and Russia would drop.

Azerbaijan increased gas transport to Turkey from Shah-Deniz from 6 million to 16 million cubic meters daily. The pipeline blast happened at the pipeline section in the Agra Province in eastern Turkey. The police blame the Kurdistan Workers’ Party for the blast.

Turkey was receiving 18 billion cubic meters daily through the pipeline.