CNPC has built a commercial gas treatment plant of 9 billion m³/year capacity in Turkmenistan

A commercial gas treatment plant with a capacity of 9 billion cubic metres a year was launched on Wednesday in the east of Turkmenistan, allowing the country to increase its natural gas exports to China.

The 600 million dollar plant was built by China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in the Bagtyyarlyk contract area. It is the second plant in the area; the first, with a capacity of 6.5 billion cubic metres, was launched in 2009.

CNPC has been developing the Bagtyyarlyk contract area since 2007. It is the main resource base for the Turkmenistan–China gas pipeline.

According to CNPC, with the commissioning of the second plant, exports of Turkmen natural gas to China have reached 80 million cubic metres per day. Under bilateral agreements, Turkmenistan is to supply 65 billion cubic metres of gas to China annually.