Will Türkiye export Russian gas to Western countries?

by times news cr

2024-05-09 16:55:43

The Turkish Ministry of Energy stated, “Ankara wants to supply Azerbaijan could double gas exports to Europe as it prepares to host the next Climate Summit in 2024″>natural gas to Western countries, including from Russia, by liquefying it in its facilities.”

Türkiye newspaper quoted a source in the ministry as saying: “We extract gas from the Black Sea, and we have pipelines to supply gas from Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran. We also purchase liquefied natural gas from different countries. We store the part of it we need in our storage facilities.” “We can send some of this gas to the West via pipelines.”

The source pointed out, “Thanks to this legal right, Turkey will now be able to liquefy some of the gas in its storage facilities, convert it into liquefied natural gas and export it to areas where there are no pipelines.”

The source added: “Currently, we do not have an LNG plant, and in the coming years, these companies can be established through public or private investment, and then we will be able to export LNG to all parts of the world by ship.”

In October 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that Russia establish a gas center in Turkey to export gas to Europe.


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