Turkmenistan to Inaugurate Strategic Cross-Country Pipeline Next Week

Commissioning of the gas pipeline “East-West” is scheduled for Dec. 23. It was reported at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. New magistral connects gas compressor stations “Shatlik” in Mariysk region and “Belek” in Balkan.

The 773-kilometre East-West gas pipeline has a carrying capacity of 30 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas a year. It will unite big gas fields and create conditions for the export of Turkmenistan fuel to the world markets in any direction, wrote Neutral Turkmenistannewspaper.

The gas pipeline construction is being carried out by state-controlled firms Turkmengas and Turkmennebitgasgurlushuk. It will start at the gas compressor station Shatlyk in the Mary province and then, crossing the Mary and Akhalk provinces on the west, it will be connected to the Belek gas compressor stations in Balkan province, reads the article. The Turkmengas Institute of Oil and Gas has undertaken the feasibility study needed for construction, as well as the engineering and project works.