Country Report
Turkmenistan upstream summary
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
Turkmenistan is Central Asia's largest gas producer. Galkynysh (South Iolotan), the world's second largest gas field, will underpin future production. Turkmenistan exports gas to China via the Turkmenistan-China Gas Pipeline and is now highly reliant on the Chinese gas market. Turkmenistan's economy is tightly controlled and its investment climate is challenging. Only service contracts are currently available for onshore upstream projects. PSCs can be negotiated for offshore Caspian Sea acreage, where Dragon Oil and PETRONAS operate large-scale projects.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Key facts
- Location maps
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Key companies
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National companies
- Turkmengaz and Turkmenneft
- NAPECO (Turkmen National Oil and Gas Company)
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IOCs
- Offshore
- Onshore
- Service sector
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National companies
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Geology
- Introduction
- Amu Darya basin
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Petroleum plays
- Pre-salt
- Post-salt
- South Caspian basin
- Petroleum plays
- Mangyshlak basin
- Petroleum plays
- Deryalyk-Dovdan trough (sub-basin)
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Exploration
- Licensing
- Overview
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Current IOC licences
- Offshore
- Onshore
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Future licensing
- Offshore
- Onshore
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Historical licensing
- Tender (service contract) for shallow-water North Kotur Tepe discovery (2017-18)
- Licensing rounds (1991-2000)
- Ad-hoc awards
- Previous talks
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
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Overview
- Offshore
- Onshore
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Soviet-era exploration
- Amu Darya basin
- South Caspian basin (onshore)
- South Caspian basin (offshore)
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Reserves and resources
- Turkmen classification system
- Reserves by basin
- Liquids
- Sales gas
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Production
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Liquids
- Historical production
- Future production
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Gas
- Historical sales production
- Future sales production
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Liquids
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Infrastructure
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Introduction
- Liquids
- Gas
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Oil infrastructure
- Existing liquids pipelines
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Rail and sea transportation
- Rail infrastructure
- Ports and shipping
- Refineries
- Gas infrastructure
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Existing gas pipelines
- Turkmenistan-China Gas Pipeline
- Central Asia-Centre (CAC)
- Gas pipelines to Iran
- Other export pipelines
- Key domestic pipelines
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Planned gas pipelines
- Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline
- Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP, Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan)
- Gas processing plants (GPPs)
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Introduction
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Costs
- Introduction
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Capital costs
- Capital expenditure by location
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Operating costs
- Operating expenditure by location
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Policy and regulation
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Key legislation
- Petroleum Law (Law on Hydrocarbon Resources), 2008
- Law on the Subsurface, 1992
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Other important laws
- Law on Joint Stock Companies, 1991
- Law on Enterprise Activities, 2000
- Law on Foreign Investment, 1992
- Law on Foreign Concessions, 1993
- Decree on Resource Use, 1999
- Tax Code, 2004
- Law on Trunk Pipeline Transport, 2013
- Law on Gas and Gas Supply, 2013
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Regulatory body
- Previous regulatory bodies
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State oil company
- Key state-owned companies
- State participation
- International boundaries
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Legal status of the Caspian Sea
- Overview
- North Caspian Sea
- South Caspian Sea
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Key legislation
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Fiscal terms
- Overview
- Upstream
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Midstream / downstream
- Pipelines
- Current fiscal terms
- NOC-operated assets
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PSCs
- State equity participation
- Bonuses, rentals and fees
- Royalty and other production taxes
- PSC cost recovery
- PSC profit sharing
- Corporate income tax (CIT, profit tax)
- Contractor revenue entitlement
- Liquids and natural gas pricing
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- Historical background
- JVs
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Gas production by field
- Key facts: Table 1
- Country map
- Reserves and contingent resources at 01/01/2025
- Liquids and Gas Production 2025
- Turkmenistan: basin map
- Amu Darya basin: simplified stratigraphy
- South Caspian basin: simplified stratigraphy
- Reserves and resources: Table 1
- Liquids and gas reserves
- Reserves and resources: Table 2
- Liquids reserves by basin
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What's included
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