Turkey to expect to receive natural gas from Azerbaijan to 2018, paid on a "take or pay" in 2012-2013.
Edited by Rhod Mackenzie / 2016-01-12 08:05:46
Turkish BOTAS company expects to receive from Azerbaijan the volume of gas in the "Stage 1" of Shah Deniz deposit to the end of 2017, which was paid on a "take or pay» in 2012-2013, the Turkish newspaper Zaman published.
"In accordance with the principle of «take or pay» total debt of Azerbaijan for volumes of gas paid but unselected BOTAS, by the end of 2012 amounted to 205.6 million liras ($114.9 million) by the end of 2013 - 687 million TL ($322.7 million) by the end of 2014 - 892.9 million TL ($322 million) ", - stated in the publication.
According to the newspaper, the volume of gas paid by BOTAS for 2012 is to be delivered to Turkey until the end of 2016, for 2013 - up to the end of 2017.
