Ngokusho kwe-Azerbaijan News ngoJuni 21, iKomidi Lentela Lombuso Wase-Azerbaijan libike ukuthi ezinyangeni ezinhlanu zokuqala zika-2021, i-Azerbaijan yathumela igesi yemvelo engu-1.3 billion cubic metres eYurophu, enenani lamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-288,5.

Kuyo yonke igesi yemvelo ethunyelwa kwamanye amazwe, i-Italy ilinganiselwa ku-1.1 billion cubic metres, ebiza izigidi ezingama-243.6 zamadola aseMelika. Ithumele e-Greece i-cubic metres eyizigidi eziyi-127.8 yegesi yemvelo ebiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-32.7 e-Greece kanye ne-91.9 million cubic metres yegesi yemvelo ebiza u-US$12.1 wezigidi eBulgaria.

Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi phakathi nesikhathi sokubika, i-Azerbaijan yathumela igesi yemvelo eyi-9.1 billion cubic metres ebiza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.3.

Ukwengeza, iTurkey yenza izigidigidi ezi-5.8 zama-cubic metres esamba segesi yemvelo ethunyelwa ngaphandle, enenani lama-US$804.6 wezigidi.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuMeyi 2021, i-cubic metres ye-1.8 billion yegesi yemvelo ebiza u-US$239.2 million yathunyelwa eGeorgia.

I-Azerbaijan yaqala ukuhlinzeka ngegesi yemvelo yezentengiselwano eYurophu ngokusebenzisa i-Trans-Adriatic Pipeline ngoDisemba 31, 2020. UNgqongqoshe Wezamandla wase-Azerbaijan u-Parviz Shahbazov ngaphambilini wathi i-Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, njengenye isixhumanisi samandla phakathi kwe-Azerbaijan ne-Europe, izoqinisa indima yamasu e-Azerbaijan ukuphepha kwamandla, ukubambisana kanye nentuthuko esimeme.

Igesi yemvelo yesigaba sesibili eyakhiwe insimu yegesi yase-Shahdeniz e-Azerbaijan, etholakala engxenyeni yase-Azerbaijani yoLwandle lweCaspian, ihlinzekwa ngePipeline yaseNingizimu Caucasus kanye ne-TANAP. Umthamo wokuqala wokukhiqiza wepayipi cishe u-10 billion cubic metres wegesi yemvelo ngonyaka, futhi kungenzeka ukwandisa umthamo wokukhiqiza ube ama-cubic metres ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-20.

I-Southern Gas Corridor iwuhlelo lwe-European Commission lokusungula umzila wokuphakela igesi yemvelo osuka oLwandle lweCaspian naseMpumalanga Ephakathi ukuya eYurophu. Ipayipi elisuka e-Azerbaijan liya eYurophu lihlanganisa ipayipi laseNingizimu Caucasus, ipayipi leTrans-Anatolian kanye neTrans-Adriatic.

I-Zhu Jiani, ehunyushwe isuka e-Azerbaijan News Network