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World’s 2nd largest gas field to export to China
May 22, 2013, 4:26 pm

[AP]

The gas field is expected to be launched this summer [AP]

Gas from Turkmenistan’s largest gas condensate field will flow to China, national gas company Turkmengaz CEO Kakageldy Abdullayev said on Wednesday.

The Galkynysh field, the world’s second largest by gas reserves, will be used to build up Turkmen gas exports to China.

The field is expected to produce 25 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year for China, with Turkmenistan’s total gas exports to China planned to reach 65 billion cubic metres annually after the field’s launch, Abdullayev said at the fourth international gas congress held by Turkmenistan.

The field’s reserves allow the Central Asian republic to implement several projects at a time, including the extraction of 33 billion cubic metres of gas annually for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline project, which is currently being implemented, he said.

The Galkynysh field, formerly known as the South Yolotan-Osman field, has reserves of over 26.2 trillion cubic metres of gas, ranking second after the South Pars deposit shared between Iran and Qatar, according to data by Gaffney, Cline & Associates petroleum consulting company.

The gas field is expected to be launched this summer.

 Source: Agencies