Bagtyýarlyk is a large contractual
PSA
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territory consisting of several
natural gas
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fields located in
Lebap Province
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of
Turkmenistan
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. It literally means ''
happiness
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'' in
Turkmen language
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. Bagtyyarlyk constitutes the bigger part of the gas rich
Sagkenar (right bank of the
Amu Darya River
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) area and includes
Saman- Depe and
Altyn Asyr fields.
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History
The 30 year production sharing agreement for exploration and production of Bagtyyarlyk territory was signed in July 2007 between the Turkmen Presidential State Agency for Supervising the Use of Oil and Gas Resources and the
China National Petroleum Corporation
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(CNPC) in
Beijing
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,
China
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.
[ An annual production of 17 billion cubic meters of gas from new fields in Bagtyyarlyk along with 13 billion cubic meters coming from Saman-Depe and Altyn Asyr fields will fill Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline which was inaugurated in December 2009.][ Total estimated investment in Bagtyyarlyk by CNPC is approximately $1.5 billion.][
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Reservoir
Gas reserves in Bagtyyarlyk are estimated at 1.3 trillion cubic meters (cm) of natural gas.[
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See also
*Central Asia – China gas pipeline
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*Saman-Depe Gas Field
Saman-Depe Gas Field is a large natural gas field located in Lebap Province of Turkmenistan. The field belongs to contractual territory Bagtyyarlyk,
a group of several fields on the right bank of Amu Darya River the maximum output of which is es ...
*Ýolöten Gas Field
The Galkynysh Gas Field, formerly known as Iolotan gas field or South Yolotan – Osman field, is a large natural gas field near Ýolöten in Mary Province of Turkmenistan. It is the world's second-largest gas field.
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The discovery of th ...
*Dauletabad gas field
The Dauletabad Gas Field (also Döwletabat, Dauletabad-Donmez, and until 1991 known as Sovietabad) is a large natural gas field located in Mary, Mary province, Turkmenistan. It is located in the vicinity of the Turkmenistan–Iran border, and is na ...
References
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