BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 16
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
The industrial treatment of natural gas at the Galkynysh gas field in Turkmenistan amounted to more than 4.3 billion cubic meters, of which 3.9 billion cubic meters of commercial gas were produced and sent for external consumption in two months of 2021, Trend reports with reference to the electronic newspaper Nebit-Gaz.
During the reporting period, about 97.5 tons of gas condensate and 182,125 tons of sulfur were produced at the first and second gas purification plants at the Galkynysh field.
Currently, the field produces high-pressure natural gas from 44 production wells.
Earlier, Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Global Gas Outlook 2050 showed that Natural gas production in Turkmenistan will increase by 78 percent and reach the level of more than 141 billion cubic meters by 2050, at an annual growth rate of 1.9 percent.
As a holder of the fourth-largest volume of gas reserves worldwide, Turkmenistan has been unlocking the potential of natural gas, leading to an 11.5 percent average economic growth rate between 2000 and 2019, continuously expanding domestic gas production, attracting investors, and enhancing knowledge and technologies exchange, the report said.
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