BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.12
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Turkmenistan’s production is forecast to stand at 0.25 million barrels of petroleum and other liquids per day in 2020, Trend reports with reference to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) in August Short-term Energy Outlook (STEO).
The country’s output is expected to decline to 0.24 million barrels per day in 2021, according to EIA’s estimates.
The report says that Turkmenistan produced 0.24 million barrels of petroleum and other liquids per day as of 2019.
The country’s production was 0.24 million barrels per day in the first quarter and 0.25 million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2020.
The expected production volume for the third and fourth quarters is 0.25 million barrels per day each.
EIA estimates that Turkmenistan’s daily petroleum and other liquids production will stabilize at 0.24 million barrels per day for all four quarters of 2021.
Turkmenistan is rich in oil and especially gas resources. According to official figures, Turkmenistan’s resource base is approximately 71.64 billion tons of oil equivalent, including 53 billion tons located in onshore fields and 18.21 billion tons in the Caspian Sea.
The 2018 British Petroleum (BP) Statistical Review of World Energy indicated that Turkmenistan, as of the end of 2017, had 100 million tons of proven oil reserves and 19.5 tcm of gas.
The country is actively engaged in exploration and development of oil and natural gas fields, especially Galkynysh (formerly South Yoloten), Osman, Minara, Tagtabazar-I, offshore blocks, and the Central Karakum group of fields. Construction of gas treatment and processing units at the abovementioned fields are ongoing. Opportunities also exist for gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology providers as Turkmenistan is currently building two GTL plants.
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