Cooperation between China and Turkmenistan is of strategic importance, Hou Qijun, president of CNPC, said at an energy conference being held in Ashgabat on 25-27 October. Turkmenistan is the largest exporter of pipeline gas to China, having supplied 380bn cubic metres from December 2009 to September 2023.
Experts told Daryo that CNPC expects to increase its annual purchases of Turkmen gas to 65bn cubic metres from the current 40bn.
To this end, the fourth string D of the transnational pipeline through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan is under construction. The existing branches A, B and C were previously built through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Credits: Eziz Boyarov
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