Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, June 11
By Huseyn Hasanov- Trend:
Turkmenistan plans to complete construction of the East-West main gas pipeline by late 2015, the message of the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources of Turkmenistan said.
This pipeline must unite all the major gas fields of Turkmenistan into a single system, as well as create conditions for the export of Turkmen gas to world markets in either direction.
"The commissioning of the pipeline, which will pass through the territory of the whole country,
will serve as an additional guarantee for the smooth resource provision not only of domestic demand for "blue fuel", but also the existing and planned international pipelines," the message said.
It was reported in late March that Turkmenistan is testing the East-West export gas pipeline.
The new regional gas pipeline is being laid from Shatlyk to Belek. It is designed to transport natural fuel from the largest fields in the eastern regions to the country's other gas pipelines, to increase the volumes, to improve the reliability of the gas supplies for export, as well as for the domestic gas supply.
The further 773-kilometer-gas transmission system has a capacity of 30 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Turkmenistan's largest field Galkynysh will be the main source of raw materials for the East-West gas pipeline.
Turkmenistan is one of the key players on the gas market in the Caspian region and Central Asia.
It should be stressed that the East-West gas pipeline can be used to supply Turkmen gas to Europe. Laying of a 300-kilomter-gas pipeline across the Caspian Sea to the coast of Azerbaijan would be the most optimal route. This gas pipeline can play a role of transiting Turkmen gas to Turkey and further to the European sales markets.
Edited by CN