Turkey Natural Gas

Summary Table

  Million Cubic Ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
218,000 84th in the world
13,455 74th in the world
1,697,310 16th in the world
Yearly Deficit
-1,683,855  
Gas Imports
1,710,200  
Gas Exports
22,037  
1,688,163  
(Data shown is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Gas Reserves in Turkey

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Turkey holds only 0.13 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking 84th in the world and accounting for about 0.002% of the world's total natural gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Total gas reserves in Turkey are less than even a single year of gas consumption (1,892,812 MMcf as of 2017), making Turkey highly dependent on natural gas imports in order to substain its consumption levels.

Turkey Gas Reserves
131,000 MMcf
Global Rank: 84th | Share of World's Gas: 0.002 %
0 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Turkey

Gas Consumption in Turkey

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  • Turkey consumes 1,892,812 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.
  • Turkey ranks 16th in the world for natural gas consumption, accounting for about 1.4% of the world's total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.
  • Turkey consumes 23,058 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 82,089,826 people), or 63 cubic feet per capita per day.
  • Turkey consumes in a year 14.4 times more than its total reserves. It substains this consumption by importing 1,946,596 MMcf of natural gas per year (in 2017).

Gas Production in Turkey

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  • Turkey produces 13,455.02 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking 74th in the world.

Gas Imports

  • Turkey imports 99% of its natural gas consumption (1,688,163 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production

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