ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, November 13. Turkmenistan exceeded its production objectives for both the production and export of natural gas during the period from January through October of the current year, Trend reports.
This was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the Government of Turkmenistan, Batyr Amanov, at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.
According to him, during the specified period, Turkmenistan exceeded the plan for the extraction of natural and associated gas by 8.5 percent and the production of liquefied gas by 9.8 percent.
Furthermore, the Deputy Chairman also stressed that in the first ten months of this year, the target for natural gas exports was reached, exceeding it by 14 percent.
Meanwhile, according to the results of this year, gas production in Turkmenistan is expected to exceed 80 billion cubic meters, of which about 73 billion cubic meters will be accounted for by Turkmengaz State Concern, and exports are projected to amount to about 40 billion cubic meters, of which about 35 billion cubic meters will be supplied by the state concern.
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