Turkmenistan supplied $8.07bn worth of natural gas to China in January-October 2023, down 2% from a year earlier, according to the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China. Russia, Myanmar and Kazakhstan follow. Uzbekistan ranks fifth, with deliveries halved to $454.44mn.
China receives Turkmen gas from three fields - Bagtyyarlyk (managed by CNPC under a production sharing agreement), Malay and Galkynysh (controlled by Turkmengaz).
Deliveries have been made since December 2009, following the commissioning of a Chinese-built gas pipeline through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Negotiations are currently underway to build a fourth branch of the pipeline through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The new project could increase annual gas supplies from Turkmenistan to 65bn cubic metres a year from the current 40bn.
Eziz Boyarov
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