Azerbaijan ranked as Turkey’s second-largest natural gas supplier in September, behind only Russia, according to data from Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK).
Azerbaijan sold Turkey 867.12 million cubic metres of natural gas during the month, EPDK figures show. That marked a 9.51% drop from September 2025, when supplies stood at 958.25 million cubic metres.
Russia, which topped the list, saw its gas deliveries to Turkey fall 33.12% year-on-year to 967.76 million cubic metres, down from 1.447 billion cubic metres a year earlier. Iran, in third place, supplied 660.22 million cubic metres, down 18.23% from the 807.41 million cubic metres recorded in the same month last year.
Turkey’s total natural gas imports fell 25.52% year-on-year in September to roughly 2.685 billion cubic metres, down from about 3.605 billion cubic metres a year earlier, according to the EPDK report. Pipeline imports dropped 22.34% to 2.495 billion cubic metres, while liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports slid 51.56% to 190.18 million cubic metres.
Azerbaijan’s gas exports and output
Azerbaijan exported 17.994 billion cubic metres of natural gas in gaseous form between January and September 2026, worth $6.449 billion, according to the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Compared with the same period last year, export revenue fell by $250 million, or 3.7%, while volume declined by 534 million cubic metres, or 2.9%.
The State Statistics Committee reported that Azerbaijan produced 37.521 billion cubic metres of natural gas during the period, down 273 million cubic metres, or 0.7%, from the 37.794 billion cubic metres recorded in January–September 2025.
Marketable natural gas output for the first nine months of 2026 totalled 28.581 billion cubic metres, compared with 29.046 billion cubic metres a year earlier — a decline of 465 million cubic metres, or 1.6%.
