ASHGABAT, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Gas from Turkmenistan’s largest gas condensate field will flow to China, national gas company Turkmengaz CEO Kakageldy Abdullayev said on Wednesday.
The Galkynysh field, the world’s second largest by gas reserves, will be used to build up Turkmen gas exports to China. The field is expected to produce 25 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year for China, with Turkmenistan’s total gas exports to China planned to reach 65 billion cubic meters annually after the field’s launch, Abdullayev said at the fourth international gas congress held by Turkmenistan.
The field’s reserves allow the Central Asian republic to implement several projects at a time, including the extraction of 33 billion cubic meters of gas annually for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline project, which is currently being implemented, he said.
The Galkynysh field, formerly known as the South Yolotan-Osman field, has reserves of over 26.2 trillion cubic meters of gas, ranking second after the South Pars deposit shared between Iran and Qatar, according to data by Gaffney, Cline & Associates petroleum consulting company.
The gas field is expected to be launched this summer.
