Gazprom’s May gas exports to Europe via TurkStream show increase

Russian energy giant Gazprom’s gas exports to Europe through the TurkStream pipeline reached 46 million cubic meters per day in May, marking a 10% daily increase compared to the previous month.

This rise, according to preliminary calculations by Reuters based on average daily export data via TurkStream, follows the cessation of shipments from the Yamal-Europe and Nord Stream pipelines and the anticipated closure of the Ukrainian transit route for Russian gas from January 2025.

These developments position TurkStream, which has an annual capacity of 15.75 billion cubic meters, as Gazprom’s sole remaining pipeline route to Europe.

Significant increase in May shipments

Data from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) indicates that the daily average of Russian gas supplied to Europe via TurkStream in May 2025 was 46 million cubic meters.

While this volume represents a 2.5% decrease from the 47.2 million cubic meters per day shipped in May of the previous year, it signifies a 10.3% increase compared to the 41.7 million cubic meters per day recorded in April 2025.

Total gas shipments to Europe through the TurkStream pipeline in May rose by 14.4% compared to April, reaching approximately 1.43 billion cubic meters.

Exports rose by 9% in the first five months of the year

Calculations by Reuters show that Gazprom’s total exports to Europe via TurkStream from the beginning of 2025 through the end of May increased by 9% compared to the same period in the preceding year.

The company’s exports climbed from 6.6 billion cubic meters in the first five months of 2024 to 7.2 billion cubic meters during the corresponding period in 2025.

In the January-May period of last year, Gazprom’s total exports to Europe, including transit shipments via Ukraine, stood at 13 billion cubic meters.

Shipments to Europe had increased last year

According to Reuters‘ calculations, Gazprom’s total gas shipments to Europe last year increased by 13% compared to 2023, rising from 28.3 billion cubic meters to approximately 32 billion cubic meters.

During Gazprom’s peak export years of 2018-2019, the company’s annual shipments to Europe surpassed 175-180 billion cubic meters, constituting more than 80% of its total long-distance gas sales.

Gazprom, which had previously disclosed its export data publicly twice a month, ceased publishing these statistics at the beginning of 2023.