Turkmenistan: Tadjibay gas field production to ‘significantly’ increase in coming years

Turkmengeology State Corp. expects production of natural gas from Tadjibay gas field in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert to “significantly” increase with the commissioning of new production wells in the coming years after “an industrial inflow of natural gas with a daily flow rate of 400,000 cu m was received” at the field, state media reported Aug. 13.

The prospect well drilling was carried out by specialists of the Lebapnebitgazgozleg expedition. The productive layer of the new well lies at a depth of 3,700 m.

Tadjibay, in the south of the Lebap region, was commissioned in December 2019. Industrial production is carried out by specialists from the Lebap Gas Production Dept. of the Turkmengas State Concern. It is reported that tens of millions of cu m of gas have already been recovered obtained from the first production well.

In October 2019, at the Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan-2019 conference, the country estimated its hydrocarbon resources at more than 71 billion tons of oil equivalent, comprised of more than 20 billion tons of oil and more than 50 trillion cu m of natural gas. The largest gas reserves are in Galkynysh field with 27.4 trillion cu m of gas.