VOL. XLIV

No 39

24-September-2001

CASPIAN

Upstream Developments InTurkmenistan

Turkmenistans state gas companyTurkmengaz reported on 10 September that a test well drilled to the depth of3,657ms in the Tarymgai field had yielded 550,000 cu ms/day of gas. TheTarymgai field is located in north-central Turkmenistan near the main exportpipelines. The country has natural gas reserves of 2.86 trillion cu ms (101trillion cu ft), but on average produces less than 4bn cu ms/month. Productionduring 2000...