Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, May 23
By Huseyn Hasanov- Trend:
The industrial flow of natural gas was obtained at an exploration well on Giurgiu new promising field, located on the territory of Mary region, south-east of Turkmenistan, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported.
This happened right after the first exploration well was drilled at a depth of 4,614-4,618 meters. The daily production of the well amounted to one million cubic meters.
Gas dynamic studies currently continue at the Giurgiu field. In the long term, exploratory work to identify the borders of the new field will be held in this area.
The close location of Giurgiu field to Galkynysh world-famous super-giant gas field testifies to the great prospects of the new field, according to the article in the newspaper.
According to Gaffney, Cline & Associates (UK), which audits at the Galkynysh field and the adjacent Yashlar field, these two sites have an estimated total resource reserve of 26.2 trillion cubic meters of gas, while taking into account the newly discovered Garakel field, the block's reserves rise to 27.4 trillion cubic meters.