Japanese consortium to equip Turkmen ‘Galkinish’ gas field

Turkmenistan has signed a framework agreement with a consortium of a number of leading Japanese companies, according to which it will equip part of the ‘Galkynysh’ gas field, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper writes.

The construction of the gas field will allow an uninterrupted supply of the necessary volumes of natural gas for TAPI. According to preliminary estimates, ‘Galkinish’  is the second-largest gas field in the world according to the amount of gas, with estimated reserves of 21.2 trillion cubic meters of gas.