BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 25. The Korpeje department of the Turkmennebit State Concern extracted more than 772 million cubic meters of natural gas from operating wells from January through March 2023, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.
According to the information, during the reporting period, the department exceeded the plan for natural gas production by 12.5 percent or 86 million cubic meters.
Furthermore, the department is currently able to establish work on the extraction of natural gas from wells operating in the fields of Korpeje, Chekishler, Altyguyy on the territory of western Turkmenistan, as well as its preparation and shipment to consumers.
Turkmennebit is carrying out a set of measures to increase the productivity of the exploitation of oil and gas fields, search and exploration of new promising hydrocarbon deposits, their development, and increase the volume of extracted raw materials.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Ashirguly Begliyev recently said at a Cabinet of Ministers meeting that in the first quarter of this year, the plan for the extraction of natural and associated gas in the country was fulfilled by 104.5 percent, and its export – by 102.8 percent.
