In the first three months of 2025, Russia increased its natural gas exports to Europe via the TurkStream pipeline by 16% compared to the same period in the previous year, reaching a total of 4.51 billion cubic meters. However, in March, exports dropped by 9.5% compared to February 2025, falling to 1.4 billion cubic meters, the lowest monthly volume since June of the previous year. This marked a 1.9% decrease compared to March 2024.
On average, 45 million cubic meters of gas were transported daily through TurkStream to Europe in March, which was a 1.9% decrease from the same month in 2024. Compared to February, the daily volume fell by 18.4%.
The TurkStream pipeline runs from Russia to Turkey across the Black Sea, starting at the compressor station near Anapa on Russia’s Black Sea coast and reemerging on the European side of Turkey. With a capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters, it supplies gas to Turkey and several countries in southern and southeastern Europe. Currently, it remains the only active route for Russian gas deliveries to Europe.
In 2024, gas exports to Europe via TurkStream increased by 23%, reaching 16.7 billion cubic meters. More than half of this volume, a record 8.6 billion cubic meters, was delivered to Hungary. Last year, Russia transported a total of 32.1 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe via pipelines, marking a 14% increase compared to 2023.
