From January to May, Russia increased its pipeline gas deliveries to Turkey by 20.5% compared to the same period last year, reaching a total of 10 billion cubic meters, according to calculations by TASS based on data from Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK).
In May alone, Turkey imported a combined 1.19 billion cubic meters of Russian gas through the TurkStream and Blue Stream pipelines. Altogether, pipeline exports from Russia to Turkey in the first five months of the year amounted to around 10 billion cubic meters, marking a 20.5% year-on-year increase. If liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries are also counted (though Russia has not shipped any LNG to Turkey so far in 2025), the overall growth in Russian gas supplies is calculated at 16% for the period.
In all of 2024, Russia boosted its pipeline gas sales to Turkey by 2.6% to just over 21 billion cubic meters. Including LNG, total Russian gas deliveries to Turkey topped 21.5 billion cubic meters last year.
Gazprom has previously reported that Turkey’s natural gas consumption in the first quarter of this year reached an all-time high for January–March, exceeding 21 billion cubic meters. Moreover, TASS calculations based on data from Turkey's EPIAS energy exchange indicate that Turkish gas consumption set monthly records in both April and May. Meanwhile, Turkey purchased 4.6 billion cubic meters of LNG from the United States between January and May.
Russia supplies gas to Turkey via two major Black Sea pipelines. The Blue Stream pipeline, operational since early 2003, has a design capacity of 16 billion cubic meters per year and spans 1,213 kilometers. The TurkStream pipeline, launched in January 2020, features two lines—one dedicated to Turkish consumers, the other supplying Southern and Southeastern Europe—together offering a maximum throughput of 31.5 billion cubic meters annually.
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Based on TASS materials