Türkmengaz is the national gas company of

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

. From January to November 2020, Türkmengaz had US$4.13bn in revenue. It is the largest gas company in

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. The chairman of the company, with rank of minister of state, is Batyr Amangeldiyevich Amanov ( tk, Batyr Amangeldiýewiç Amanow). Türkmengaz in 2018 opened the Kiyanly ('' tk, Gyýanly'')

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complex for production of polymers. It has the capacity to produce 381,000 tonnes of

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and 81,000 tonnes of

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per year.

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Oil and gas companies of Turkmenistan National oil and gas companies Energy companies established in 1997 {{turkmenistan-stub

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