By SPA
Ankara : Turkey has halted the flow of Azeri gas to Greece due to a suspension of gas supplies from Iran to Turkey, a senior Turkish Energy Ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Iran, one of Ankara’s main gas suppliers, stopped pumping to Turkey on Monday, Turkish officials have said, with Tehran blaming the disruption on cold weather and a cut in Turkmen gas supplies.
The senior Turkish Energy Ministry official said on Wednesday daily gas consumption in Turkey had fallen to 124 million cubic metres (mcm) from 142 million as a result of measures prompted by the halt in Iranian gas flows.
“As of yesterday, those gas-fired electricity producers who could do so have switched to alternative fuel, while others have implemented certain cuts. In this context there is no problem in electricity production,” the official said.
He said agreement had been reached with Greece to make up for the cut in their supplies in coming days.