Azerbaijan, Iran gas flow to Turkey haltedFebruary 7, 2012 - 19:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The flow of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Turkey was halted on Tuesday, February 6 because of technical problems, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said. The minister also said that the supply of gas from Iran had dropped after an explosion at a compression station. “We had been receiving around 40 million cubic metres a day from Iran and Azerbaijan together and that has now fallen to between 6-7 million cubic metres a day,” he said during a televised press conference. He expected supply to return to normal and ruled out shortages. “Neither industrial nor residential consumers will see any cut in gas supply,” he said, adding that Turkey was still receiving gas from Russia, Algeria and Nigeria. A spokesman for BP, which operates Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas field, told dpa that the flow of gas to Turkey would resume later on Tuesday. Turkey has experienced a series of gas shortages over the past weeks due in part to record high gas consumption prompted by extremely cold weather. Turkey imports up to 6.6 billion cubic metres of gas each year from Azerbaijan, ten billion cubic meters from Iran, and 30 billion cubic metres from Russia. It also buys liquid natural gas (LNG) from Algeria and Nigeria, M&C reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024. Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |