Azerbaijan gas pipeline to Europe operating at full capacity, Aliyev says

Azerbaijan’s export gas pipeline to Europe is operating at full capacity, President Ilham Aliyev said.

Baku currently supplies natural gas to 10 European Union member states via interconnectors in Bulgaria, Aliyev noted, adding that pipeline transmission capacity toward Greece and Italy has already been expanded to 11.2 billion cubic meters per year from 10 billion cubic meters.

The remarks come as European benchmark gas prices surged past €100 per megawatt-hour amid the U.S.-Iran conflict, approaching winter demand, and tighter supplies following Europe's phaseout of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG).