Energy
Turkey Turns to LNG as Azerbaijan’s Piped Gas Flows Decline
- BP says efforts continue to resume Shah Deniz platform flows
- Outage affected deliveries to Europe, Turkey since last week
An LNG terminal in the open sea near Istanbul.
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Turkey has turned to liquefied natural gas imports to help meet peak winter demand as regional pipeline flows decline.
The nation’s state-run gas importer Botas has purchased seven LNG shipments for delivery from the end of January through March in a tender this week and is seeking another cargo for February, according to traders with knowledge of the matter. The purchases are driven in part by a reduction in piped supplies from Azerbaijan, they said.