Azerbaijan started supplying gas to Slovenia instead of Russia
Kyiv • UNN
Slovenia has become the sixth European country to import gas from Azerbaijan. On August 1, Azerbaijani gas from the Shah Deniz field began to flow to Slovenia under a memorandum between SOCAR and Geoplin.
Azerbaijan continues to increase its gas supplies to Europe, replacing Russia in a market that the Kremlin has controlled almost entirely for years. Slovenia has become a new buyer of Azerbaijani natural gas. This is reported by Deutsche Welle, UNN.
Details
On August 1, Azerbaijani gas from the giant Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea began flowing to Slovenia, the state oil and gas corporation SOCAR reported.
Thus, Slovenia, which before the war in Ukraine supplied about 40% of its gas consumption through Gazprom, became the sixth European country to join imports from Azerbaijan.
The supplies are carried out in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding signed on July 17 this year between SOCAR and Geoplin, the largest company in the Slovenian natural gas market, to expand cooperation in the field of gas supply
Addendum
Earlier, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Serbia started buying gas from SOCAR. In addition, Azerbaijani gas is pumped to Georgia and Turkey, which, however, remains Gazprom's second largest customer after China.
Recall
Exports of goods from Turkey to Russia fell by 28.3% in the first half of 2024 due to the threat of US sanctions. Turkish banks are closing accounts of Russian companies and reducing imports of Russian energy.
