Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 44

2-Nov-2009

CASPIAN

Turkmenistan Announces New Gas Discovery

Turkmenistan has announced a new gas and condensate discovery in the Karakum Desert, the Turkmenistan.ru website reported on 22 October. The discovery was made by the Turkmengeologiya State Corporation in Akhal province in the Karakum Desert. The report said gas was discovered at a depth of 2,600-2,620 ms and that testing of the well showed a daily rate of 500,000 cu ms of gas and 33 cu ms of...