CNPC has discovered a large natural gas field in Turkmenistan
28.09.10 19:10
/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]