BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 3
Trend:
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has appointed Toigeldi Mammedov as the deputy chairman of Turkmenistan's Turkmenoil (Turkmennebit) State Oil Concern, Trend reports.
In February 2020, Guichgeldi Baigeldiyev was appointed as the chairman of the Turkmenebit Sate Concern.
About 10 million tons of oil are extracted in Turkmenistan every year, the main producer being Turkmenneft. Burren Energy (branch of Eni), Mitro, Dragon Oil, and Petronas, are among the foreign companies involved in extraction of oil in Turkmenistan.
It was reported earlier that due to assurance of the availability of proven natural gas reserves for many years, the major part of exploration is currently focused on the search for oil fields, especially in the Miocene deposits in the south-western parts of the country, and Jurassic-Cretaceous sediments in the central regions of the country.
According to local geologists, almost the entire land area of Turkmenistan is considered as promising for hydrocarbons. Moreover, the potential of the subsoil is estimated to a depth of seven kilometers.