In the current chaotic climate of the Turkey-US relationship, there are very few areas that offer foreseeable and stable prospect for the bilateral ties and gas trade is one of them where expertise and analysis still matter, and where mutually beneficial solutions remain a distinct possibility.
In the last three years, a substantial change has occurred in the energy profiles of both countries. While the United States leads the world's gas production growth, Ankara has finally started moving away from a 30-year-long dependency on Russian gas. In 2019, raising its national liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity allowed Turkey to undertake the diversification of its supply sources, thereby putting it in a position to readjust its energy mix toward equilibrium, and away from an overreliance on Russia — one of the cruxes of the current relationship.