CNPC has discovered a large natural gas field in Turkmenistan

/IRBIS, September 28, 2010/ - a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned oil company China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) - Amu Darya River Natural Gas Corp. - Discovery of large natural gas field in Turkmenistan, on the right bank of the Amu Darya River, reported today, RBC reports referring to the company. As indicated, the company received inflow 1.439 million cubic meters of gas and 36.2 cu. m (227.7 per barrel.) oil per day. This field, discovered on Sept. 21, 2010, will help increase the supply of Turkmen gas to China. Indicated that the specialists of Chinese companies have already conducted a series of tests, which showed that the region's potential reserves could reach 100 billion cubic meters. meters of natural gas. If CNPC will build the necessary infrastructure, the field in the future could become very productive. This year, the power of Chinese mining companies Amu Darya River Natural Gas, operating in Turkmenistan for the production sharing agreement with the national government should provide import natural gas in the volume of 3 billion cubic meters. Currently, China imports only 7 billion cubic meters of gas a year. Major discovery could affect the large-scale plans of Gazprom, plans to sell in China, and as recently as yesterday signed the conditions of supply of natural gas to China. In late 2009, China and Central Asia, including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan joined the first international gas transportation project. The length of the pipeline reaches the 2 thousand km. The experts of the government commission estimated that through this pipeline, ending in the northwest Chinese province of Xinjiang, in the first eight months of this year, China received 2.38 billion cubic meters. m. of gas. The design capacity of the pipeline in 2012, 2013. should reach 40 billion cubic meters annually. [2010-09-28]