Iran cuts imports of Turkmen gas by 52 percent
Exports of natural gas from Turkmenistan to Iran have decreased by 52 percent over the first half of the current Iranian year compared to the same period of last year, which began on March 20, National Iranian Gas Company's managing director Javad Owji said, IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Some 4 million cubic meters per day of gas is currently being imported from Turkmenistan into Iran, Owji said, adding that from March 21 to October 21, about 2.7 billion cubic meters of gas were imported from Turkmenistan.
Owji said that some 5 billion cubic meters of gas were exported to Turkey in the six-month period.
According to BP, Iran imported some 10.2 billion cubic meters of gas from Turkmenistan last year, while exporting some 8.4 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey.
Last year, gas consumption and production in Iran amounted to about 153.3 billion cubic meters and 151.8 billion cubic meters, respectively.
Iran also trades around 400,000 cubic meters of its gas to Armenia for electricity. With Azerbaijan, Iran is using swaps, which accounts for one million cubic meters of gas per day.
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