Japan's Kawasaki and Itochu, with the participation of Turkey's Rönesans, have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build a second plant to produce gasoline from natural gas in Turkmenistan.
A representative of the state concern Turkmenhimiya told Daryo correspondent that the work is to be carried out on the territory of a similar plant, which was commissioned in 2019 near Ashgabat, Owadan-Depe area.
The former GTG (Gas to Gasoline) technology project from the Danish company Haldor Topsoe for $1.7bn was implemented at the expense of Japanese investment and funds from Turkmengaz.
Kawasaki was co-contracted at the time by the Japanese Sojitz and Rönesans. The capacity of the plant was about 600,000 tonnes of A-92 petrol a year, 12,000 tonnes of diesel, and 115,000 tonnes of liquefied gas.
Kawasaki's website said in 2019 that the plant in Owadan Depe at the time was "the only one of its kind worldwide". Moreover, gasoline contains no heavy metals, so no toxic substances are emitted during combustion.
"Turkmenistan boasts the world’s fourth largest reserves of natural gas, and in addition to exporting this gas, in recent years the nation has focused its efforts on producing improved, value-added natural gas products as well," the company said in a press release.
Credits: Eziz Boyarov, Ashgabat
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