Turkmenistan 1.5 years for a new gas pipeline Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China exported to China more than 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas, said the agency “Xinhua”.
Recall that the pipeline was opened December 14, 2009 with participation of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and China. Its total length – about 7000 km, capacity – up to 40 billion cubic meters of gas per year. In China, the pipeline is laid to the city of Guangzhou, where the gas is distributed over the existing gas branches. CNPC plans in 2011 to increase the volume of imports of Turkmen gas to 13 billion cubic meters.
According to the agency “Xinhua”, May 28 to 14:59 on general estimates of the gas pipeline to China, the China-Central Asia, passing through the border town of Horgos in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was put ten billion cubic meters of natural gas. “Currently, the daily gas consumption is 40 million cubic meters, the pressure at which the gas supply is 7.15 MPa”, – says the agency.
As already reported BakuToday, in June 2009, Beijing and Ashgabat reached an agreement that China will give Turkmenistan a credit of $ 4 billion, as well as the purchase by China each year an additional 10 billion cubic meters. meters of natural gas and natural gas production at the site Bagtyyarlyk. Thus, Turkmenistan pledged to supply China with 40 billion cubic meters. meters of gas annually.
In December 2009, concern “Turkmengaz” has signed contracts with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for $ 3.128 billion, with Petrofac International (UAE) – to $ 3.979 billion, with the Gulf Oil & Gas (UAE) – to $ 1.150 billion and a consortium of Korean companies LG International Corp. Hyundai Engineering and the amount of $ 1.485 billion in total of agreements reached about $ 9.7 billion Gulf Oil & Gas will design and build the underground facilities, including wells, the fields of the South Yolotan which will produce 20 billion cubic meters. meters of gas per year. CNPC will provide in this field annual production of 10 billion cubic meters. meters of gas.
Earlier BakuToday reported that Uzbekistan intends to implement the project in 2014 for the construction of the third stage of the Uzbek gas pipeline Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China. The project cost $ 2.2 billion and a capacity of 25 billion cubic meters of gas per year will be carried out jointly with the State Development Bank of China and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). In June 2010, “Uzbekneftegaz” and CNPC signed a framework agreement for the sale of natural gas in the volume to 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year. In October 2010, Russian NK “LUKOIL” and announced plans to deliver to China from Uzbekistan about 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year from 2014.
