BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 8
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Some 154.2 million cubic meters of natural gas have been prepared and sent to oil wells operating by the gas lift method on Khazar gas compressor unit by the gas transportation department of Turkmenistan’s Turkmennebit State Concern, Trend reports with reference to Nebit-Gaz electronic newspaper.
The volume of oil extracted from the Caspian fields at this facility has been increased to 7,229 tons since the beginning of this year.
In general, the annual capacity of the gas compressor unit is up to 2 billion cubic meters.
Last year, the concern produced more than 3.8 million tons of crude oil, of which more than 3.7 million tons were delivered to oil refineries.
The plan for oil refining in Turkmenistan was exceeded by 0.5 percent from January through February 2021.
During the reporting period, the plan for the production of gasoline was exceeded by 5.9 percent, diesel fuel - by 2.3 percent, polypropylene - by 3.3 percent.
Also, the plan for the production of lubricating oils was exceeded by 4.6 percent, natural and associated gas production – by 10.2 percent gas exports – by 8.5 percent investment development – by 18.8 percent.