{"id":150981,"date":"2026-01-20T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=150981"},"modified":"2026-01-18T18:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:58:48","slug":"azerbajdzhan-rozshyryuye-eksport-gazu-do-yevropy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/azerbajdzhan-rozshyryuye-eksport-gazu-do-yevropy\/","title":{"rendered":"Azerbaijan Expands Gas Exports to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"255\">Azerbaijan\u2019s state oil company SOCAR has announced the start of gas supplies to Germany and Austria. Deliveries began in January 2026 as part of the expansion of Azerbaijani gas exports to the European market.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"396\">SOCAR described its entry into the German and Austrian markets as \u201cthe next important milestone\u201d in the development of its export strategy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"398\" data-end=\"873\">The gas is being transported via Italy through the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which is the European segment of the Southern Gas Corridor. With the launch of supplies to Germany and Austria, the total number of countries purchasing Azerbaijani gas has reached 16. In addition to these two countries, Azerbaijani gas is already supplied to Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Turkey, Georgia, and Syria.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"875\" data-end=\"1126\">SOCAR emphasized that the expansion of supply geography is in line with the gas strategy implemented under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev and reflects the company\u2019s course toward strengthening its presence in both Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1374\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The expansion comes amid a sharp decline in the presence of Russian gas on the European market. According to Reuters, Gazprom\u2019s gas supplies to Europe fell by another 44% in 2025 to 18 billion cubic meters, reaching their lowest level since 1973.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":150982,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-150981","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/150981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=150981"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=150981"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=150981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}