Chinese CNPC to handle complex wells’ construction in Turkmen gas field

Ashgabat, July 19 - Neftegaz.RU. CNPC Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company Limited will provide services for the completion and commissioning of 3 wells at the Galkynysh gas field, the world's 2^nd-largest gas field located in Turkmenistan’s Mary region.

During a Cabinet of Ministers meeting, Vice-Premier Shahym Abdrakhmanov reported to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov a draft Resolution on completion of the construction of gas wells in the Galkynysh gas field.

According to the document, as part of the ongoing work on the stage-by-stage development of the field, Turkmengaz State Concern will sign a contract with the Chinese company to provide services for the completion of construction and commissioning of 3 complex wells.

The project is designed for 30 months, and payment for the company's services will be carried out at the expense of the annual supply of 17 billion m³ of natural gas to China over 3 years.
The construction of the wells was started by the UAE-based Gulf Oil & Gas FZE, but were not fully completed.

Since the beginning of the field development, 3 gas complexes for desulphurization and gas treatment with a total capacity of 30 billion m³ of commercial gas per year have been built and put into operation with the participation of foreign partners.

In a government meeting in mid-June, the Vice-Premier Shahym Abdrakhmanov reported that the CNPC won a tender for the construction of new wells in the Galkynysh field.