Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Feb. 21
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
Drilling has finished at eight wells of the Turkmen Galkynysh field located in the Mary province of the country, Nebit-Gaz, online newspaper of the Turkmen Oil and Gas Complex, reported.
In particular, drilling of production well #70 has been successfully completed, the report noted. As a result of the work carried out, it was possible to obtain an industrial flow of natural gas, report said.
The work continues at four more wells in this field.
The world’s second largest gas field, Galkynysh, is located in eastern Turkmenistan. According to an audit held by the UK’s Gaffney, Cline & Associates, reserves of the Turkmen Galkynysh field, together with reserves of the Yashlar and Garakel fields, exceed 27 trillion cubic meters of gas.