ANKARA, Jan 30 (A.A) - Turkey imported nearly 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2001 and nearly 3 billion cubic meters of this gas were consumed at real estates.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Zeki Cakan responded on Wednesday to a question with notice submitted by Felicity Party (SP) Istanbul deputy Osman Yumakogullari.
Cakan said that Turkey imported 10,928 million cubic meters of gas from Russia, 114 million cubic meters of gas from Iran, 3,625 million cubic meters of gas from Algeria and 1,197 million cubic meters natural gas from Nigeria in 2001.
He stated that 2,769 million cubic meters of this import were used in the real estates for heating in five provinces.
A total of 872 million cubic meters of gas was consumed in Ankara; 1,568 million cubic meters of gas was used in Istanbul; 47 million cubic meters of gas was consumed in Izmit; 201 million cubic meters of gas was used in Bursa and 81 million cubic meters of natural gas was consumed in Eskisehir by the residences.
Cakan said that one cubic meter of natural gas was sold at 227,300 Turkish liras to the natural gas distribution organizations as of January 8, 2002.
He noted that they brought 30 percent ceiling price to the sale price of the gas which the distribution organizations purchased from the Turkish Pipeline Transportation Inc. (BOTAS) in accordance with the notification on January 8, 2002.
Cakan added that there was no other tax apart from the 18 percent value-added tax on the price of the natural gas.