Turkmenistan Plans to Complete East-West Gas Pipeline by Year End

Turkmenistan plans to complete construction of the East-West main gas pipeline by late 2015, Trend News Agency reported Thursday citing a statement by country’s oil and mineral resources.

With the pipeline fully complete, Turkmenistan expects to unite all the major gas fields into a single system, as well as create conditions for the export of Turkmen gas to world markets in either direction.

According to Trend, a new regional gas pipeline is being laid from Shatlyk to Belek which will transport natural gas from the largest fields in the eastern regions to the country’s other gas pipelines.

Turkmenistan’s largest gas field Galkynysh will be the main supply source for the East-West gas pipeline.

East-West gas pipeline can be used to supply Turkmen gas to Europe. Laying of a 300-kilomter-gas pipeline across the Caspian Sea to the coast of Azerbaijan would be the most optimal route, Trend said.