ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, March 21. Turkmen
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has authorized state energy giant
Türkmengaz to contract CNPC Amudarya Petroleum Company for a major
new gas processing facility, Trend reports, citing the press service of Turkmen
government.
Under the signed resolution, the Chinese state-owned subsidiary
will design and construct a commercial gas treatment plant with a
capacity of 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year.
The contract also includes the drilling and completion of
high-capacity production wells required to feed the new
facility.
CNPC has previously built and operates gas processing
plants (such as No. 1 and No. 2 facilities with combined capacity
exceeding 15 bcm annually) to process and supply gas to the Central
Asia-China pipeline.
The partnership is part of the recent high-level
engagements including discussions during Chairman of the Halk
Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's March 17-19,
2026 visit to China, where President Xi Jinping emphasized
expanding natural gas cooperation scale and CNPC Chairman Dai
Houliang met with Turkmen officials to advance strategic
partnership in the sector.
