Türkmengaz is the national gas company of
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...
. It was established by a presidential decree reorganising parts of the former
Ministry of Oil and Gas in July 1996. From January to November 2020, Türkmengaz had US$4.13bn in revenue. It is the largest gas company in
Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...
. The chairman of the company, with rank of minister of state, is
Batyr Amangeldiýewiç Amanow.
In 2018 Türkmengaz opened the Kiyanly ()
petrochemical
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complex for production of polymers. It has the capacity to produce 381,000
tonnes
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of
polyethylene
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and 81,000 tonnes of
polypropylene
Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. It is produced via chain-growth polymerization from the monomer Propene, propylene.
Polypropylene belongs to the group of polyolefin ...
per year.
See also
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Economy of Turkmenistan § Natural gas
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Malai Gas Field
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Türkmennebit
References
Links
Official web-site
Oil and gas companies of Turkmenistan
National oil and gas companies
Energy companies established in 1997
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