Türkmengaz

Turkmen national gas company

Türkmengaz State Concern

Native name	"Türkmengaz" Döwlet Konserni
Company type	State-owned
Industry	Natural gas
Founded	1 July 1996 (1996-07-01)^{[citation needed]}
Headquarters	Ashgabat , Turkmenistan
Key people	Batyr Amanov (Chairman)
Products	Natural gas
Revenue	US$ 4.13 billion (Jan–Nov 2020)
Number of employees	≈20,000 (2020)
Website	turkmengaz.gov.tm

Türkmengaz is the national gas company of Turkmenistan. It was established by a presidential decree reorganising parts of the former Ministry of Oil and Gas in July 1996. From January to November 2020, Türkmengaz had US$4.13bn in revenue.^[1] It is the largest gas company in Central Asia. The chairman of the company, with rank of minister of state, is Batyr Amangeldiýewiç Amanow.^[2]^[3]

Türkmengaz in 2018 opened the Kiyanly (Turkmen: Gyýanly) petrochemical complex for production of polymers. It has the capacity to produce 381,000 tonnes of polyethylene and 81,000 tonnes of polypropylene per year.^[4]

References

^ GRRR.nl. "Oil and Gas Benchmark Benchmark". World Benchmarking Alliance. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
^ "Назначен новый руководитель Госконцерна «Türkmengaz»" (in Russian). Электронная газета "Золотой век". 3 July 2020.
^ "Turkmenistan: Guess WHO's coming to dinner | Eurasianet". eurasianet.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
^ "TurkmenGaz's Kiyanly chemical complex achieves full production rates". www.ogj.com. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 2022-06-03.