Data shows that Russia's gas exported via TurkStream reached a record high in January.

The TurkStream pipeline has allowed Russia to export natural gas via Ukraine at a record-breaking rate of 50 million cubic meters (mcms) per day in this month, according to preliminary calculations released on Friday.

After a transit agreement between Moscow and Kyiv that had been in place for five years expired on January 1, the only way to get Russian gas into Europe is through Turkey.

The data of the European Gas Transmission Group Entsog revealed that Russian gas exports through TurkStream jumped 26.8% in one year. They now stand at 50.6 mcm/day, up from 39.9mcm/day in January 2024.

TurkStream has increased the total Russian gas supply to Europe by about 1.57 billion cubic meters (bcm). This is up from 1.24 bcm for January of last year, and 1.54 bcm for December.

Gazprom's data and calculations indicate that Russia shipped 63.8 billion cubic meters of gas by different routes to Europe in 2022. This fell by 55.6% in 2024 to 28,3 bcm, but increased to around 32 bcm.

In 2018-2019 the annual flows into Europe peaked between 175 and 180 billion cubic meters. (Reporting and writing by Oksana Kobieva, Editing by David Goodman.)

(source: Reuters)