Turkmenistan has not taken the European direction off the table in its gas export diversification options, said the DPM of Turkmenistan for the oil and gas sector, Ashyrguly Begliyev, during the Turkmenistan’s energy forum being held in Dubai.
At the end of the plenary session, during the question and answer session, the moderator of the session, Claire Godard, Middle East and Africa Analytics Manager, S&P Global Commodity Insights, asked the DPM about the prospects for the supply of the Turkmen gas to Europe.
Begliyev said that the project of transporting Turkmen gas to Europe was still on the agenda of Turkmenistan under the export diversification strategy.
He said that several options for transporting energy resources from Turkmenistan to the EU are under consideration.
“Regarding the European direction, we consider it as a potential consumer space,” said Begliyev.
He said, “We never dismiss [this project] from our range of possibilities, so the issue of transporting Turkmen natural gas to Europe through the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline or through the gas pipeline by land is also on the agenda.” /// nCa, 26 April 2023