Turkey’s Q1 Gas Imports Fall Below Seasonal Norms As Volumes From Key Pipeline Suppliers Slump

*Turkey’s Q1 gas imports of 16.62bcm were at the lowest seasonal level in three years as pipeline volumes from last year’s No.1 supplier, Russia, and No.2 supplier, Iran, fell sharply.

*Iranian supplies slumped to 1.57bcm due to a pipeline malfunction which curtailed flows in January and February (MEES, 13 January). Flows were just 0.29bcm in January, but rebounded to 0.92bcm in March – the highest figure in MEES records back to 2015. (CONTINUED - 182 WORDS)