Natural gas consumption in organized industrial zones reached 3 billion cubic meters last year, meaning 11.5 billion out of some 47 billion cubic meters of natural gas that was consumed in Turkey was directly used in industry.
According to data disclosed by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK), 20.78 percent of last year's natural gas consumption was used in housing, while 45.85 and 25.11 percent of it was used in electricity generation and industry respectively. Direct natural gas consumption in industry reached 11.53 billion cubic meters. Almost half of the total electricity production in Turkey is used in industrial plants, which means that the industry was run by natural gas.
When the industry is taken into consideration in particular, the greatest amount of natural gas was used in organized industrial zones, reaching 2.91 billion cubic meters last year. The chemical industry was also one of the industrial fields where natural gas was consumed in vast amounts.
