Iran increases gas supplies to Turkey by nearly 9%

YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. Despite the ongoing gas dispute between Tehran and Ankara, Iran has turned into the second largest exporter of gas to Turkey, reports Mehr news agency.

Notwithstanding the continuous gas dispute between Tehran and Ankara over international arbitration and disagreements between the two sides on determining the discount percentage on gas sales, the exports volume of Iranian gas to Turkey has followed an upward trend since the beginning of the current year.

Following the increase in gas production from South Pars field and Iran’s freedom to export larger amounts of natural gas, the shipment of the clean energy carrier to Turkey climbed by about 8.8% reaching an aggregate total of 518 million cubic meters.

Meanwhile, the figure for the same period in 2015 only stood at 472 million cubic meters indicating a 40-million-cubic-meter upsurge in the ongoing year.