« Turkish Stream » has carried a record amount of Russian gas to Europe

The gas pipeline carrying Russian natural gas through Turkey and Bulgaria to Central Europe was recorded in 2024. This is shown by data on the operation of Turkish Stream published on Tuesday by the Russian Interfax Agency.

According to them, through the Strandja 2 point https://www.dnevnik.bg/ « Malkochlar » on the border between Bulgaria and Turkey, 16.674 billion cubic meters have passed, more than 13.661 billion cubic meters, carried in 2023.

Turkish Stream was put into operation in September 2020 with a project capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters of gas annually.

According to the published data, the load on the gas route continued to increase in 2025, with the average use coefficient in March reaching 80% after 98% in February and 89% in January.

In March 2025, 1.404 billion cubic meters of gas were delivered through it, or 45.3 million cubic meters per day. This amount is approximately the gas transit through Ukraine to Europe last year. Currently, the maximum solid technical capacity for pumping through the Turkish-Bulgarian section is 56.7 million cubic meters per day.

Since the beginning of February, the capacity of Turkish Stream has also been used to supply Russian gas (through Hungary) to Slovakia, with Bratislava expecting an increase in Russian gas supplies since April, Interfax said.

Slovakia had to redirect its supply through Turkish Stream after Ukraine decided not to extend the Treaty with Gazprom for transit of Russian gas to Europe, which expired on January 1st.