Since the beginning of 2016, natural gas supplies from Iran to Turkey have climbed by about 8.8 percent, as compared to the respective indicator in 2015, and reached an aggregate total of 518 million cubic meters, according to Mehr News Agency of Iran.

Such results were achieved as a result of an increase in gas production from South Pars field, and Iran’s freedom to export larger amounts of natural gas.

Thus, Iran has turned into the second largest exporter of gas to Turkey, exceeding Azerbaijan, and after Russia.