Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sept. 28
By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend:
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Ronesans Holding Erman Ilicak, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported Sept. 28.
Ilicak informed the president about the construction progress of a plant for the production of environmentally friendly gasoline from natural gas in the Ahal region of Turkmenistan.
The plant is being constructed in accordance with the approved schedule and will be commissioned on time, the report said.
Berdimuhamedov noted that the successful implementation of this large-scale project will become another significant step in increasing the capacity of the Turkmen oil and gas industry.
The Turkish company has been building the plant near Ashgabat city in consortium with Japan’s Kawasaki since 2015.
The project’s cost is estimated at $1.7 billion. The plant’s commissioning is scheduled for December 2018. The plant will annually process 1.785 billion cubic meters of natural gas and produce 600,000 tons of AI-92 gasoline. It is also planned to produce 12,000 tons of diesel fuel and 115,000 tons of liquefied gas per year at the plant.