The Galkynysh Gas Field, formerly known as Iolotan gas field or South Yolotan – Osman field, is a large natural gas field near

Ýolöten Ýolöten (russian: Ёлoтен, tk, یوْلؤتن Ёлөтен) is a city and capital of Ýolöten District, Mary Province, Turkmenistan. The city is located in the delta of the Murghab River, 55 kilometers southeast of Mary. It was granted the ...

in Mary Province of

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. It is the world's second-largest gas field.

History

The discovery of the gas field was announced on 2 November 2006. Late Turkmen president

Saparmurat Niyazov Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov; tk, Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow, in Cyrillic: Сапармырат Атаевич Ныязов (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006), also known as Turkmenbashi, was a Turkmen politician who rule ...

invited

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and

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Çalik Enerji to participate in the exploration and development of the Ýolöten field. In 2008, the gas field was audited by

Gaffney, Cline & Associates Peter Gaffney and Ben Cline, both petroleum engineers working in oil and gas in South America, found they both shared a dream to have their own consultancy. They believed that the oil and gas industry could benefit from independent technical and man ...

. According to Gaffney, Cline and Associates (GCA), Galkynysh is five times larger than the

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 ...

and fourth- or fifth- largest gas field in the world. In December 2009, the contracts to develop the field were awarded to CNPC,

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and

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. In November 2011, the field was renamed as Galkynysh. Production started in September 2013.

Description

The gas field ranks among the world's five largest with estimated reserves of between of natural gas and proven commercial reserves of . It lies on zone of in length and in width in the depth of . Galkynysh consist of Iolotan, Minara, Osman and Yashlar fields. Other nearby gas areas are Gunorta Garakel, Garakel, Giurgiu, Gazanly, Gundogar Eloten and Gunbatar Yandakly. Oil reserves are 300 million tons. The crude oil extracted at Galkynysh is transported to the

Seýdi Seýdi, formerly Neftezavodsk, is a city in Dänew District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan. Etymology Neftezavodsk derives from two Russian words — neft (нефть; oil) and zavod (завод; factory). History The city was founded in 1973 ...

Oil Refinery.

Development

The field is developed by

Türkmengaz Türkmengaz is the national gas company of Turkmenistan. From January to November 2020, Türkmengaz had US$4.13bn in revenue. It is the largest gas company in Central Asia. The chairman of the company, with rank of minister of state, is Batyr Ama ...

. CNPC,

and

built gas processing plants.

References

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