{"id":48242,"date":"2026-04-18T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48242"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:04:33","slug":"turkey-says-iran-gas-pipeline-contract-nearing-expiry-no-talks-yet-on-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48242","title":{"rendered":"Turkey says Iran gas pipeline contract nearing expiry, no talks yet on extension"},"content":{"rendered":"
Turkey’s long-term contract for importing natural gas from Iran is due to expire in the coming months, and the two countries could hold talks on a possible extension, though no negotiations are underway yet, Turkey’s energy minister said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The agreement, due to expire in July, provides for the delivery of 9.6 billion cubic metres of gas a year, but actual flows have often fallen short.<\/p>\n

Turkey imported 7.6 bcm from Iran last year, accounting for 13% of total gas imports. Regulator data show the pipeline last hit the contracted volume in 2022.<\/p>\n

“According to our forecast, we might need this gas pipeline or the gas flow from Iran for the security of supply of Turkey. There is no ongoing negotiation right now. I think they are busy with so many other things. But we might sit and discuss a potential extension,” Alparslan Bayraktar told reporters on the sidelines of a diplomacy forum in the southern Turkish province of Antalya.<\/p>\n

Read: Strait of Hormuz closed again over US blockade, says Iranian military command<\/p>\n

“But we haven’t started a negotiation during the current circumstances in the region,” Bayraktar said, referring to the US-Israeli war on Iran.<\/p>\n

Bayraktar also said Turkey was seeking to diversify natural gas supplies, including through Russian liquefied natural gas.<\/p>\n

Local media reported this month that Ankara had issued a long-term licence for LNG imports from Russia to pipeline operator BOTAS. Regulator records show BOTAS was issued a 10-year import licence, so far granted only for countries with which Turkey has long-term LNG supply contracts, including Algeria and Oman.<\/p>\n

Asked about LNG imports, Bayraktar said Turkey had not started importing LNG from Russia.\u00a0Turkey imports Russian gas via BlueStream and TurkStream pipelines, which together account for about 35% of its overall gas mix.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turkey’s long-term contract for importing natural gas from Iran is due to expire in the coming months, and the two countries could hold talks on a possible extension, though no negotiations are underway yet, Turkey’s energy minister said on Saturday. The agreement, due to expire in July, provides for the delivery of 9.6 billion cubic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}