Dear delegates of the international conference and exhibition!
I sincerely congratulate you on the start of the XXVIII International Conference and Exhibition “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan – 2023,” organized in beautiful Ashgabat in the year with the motto “Happy youth with Arkadag Serdar”!
The industry exposition and conference “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan”, which are held annually in our capital, significantly contribute to increasing cooperation between domestic specialized enterprises and foreign companies. I am confident that the current forum will provide our specialists with a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate their potential and further expand the partnership.
In the era of the Renaissance of a new age of a powerful state, independent neutral Turkmenistan seeks to use natural resources in the interests of not only the Turkmen people, but also other peoples of the planet, and is taking effective measures in this area.
Today, for our country, which occupies one of the leading positions in the world ranking in terms of hydrocarbon reserves, the priority is the introduction of advanced scientific and technological developments into the oil and gas sector and maintaining environmental safety in the core industry.
The representative international forum will allow foreign participants to become familiar with the development strategy of the country’s fuel and energy complex, the accumulated experience of actively attracting the latest generation technologies and ways to improve forms of service.
Such meetings, in which subject matter experts show great interest, are important for developing even more effective mechanisms for interaction and establishing direct contacts, which in turn makes it possible to launch new joint projects for the development and rational use of Turkmenistan’s enormous fuel and energy resources.
Dear compatriots!
Dear guests!
Today Turkmenistan exports “blue fuel” to the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. Foreign businessmen have solid prospects for participating in the implementation of a grandiose project in the region – the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, through which Turkmen natural gas will be supplied to Sout Asia, which will ultimately have a positive impact on strengthening the economies of the countries of this region . Also among the promising megaprojects is the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, through which natural gas will be supplied to European countries.
A special role in meeting the demand for Turkmen gas on the international market belongs to the Galkynyş gas field, which is one of the largest in the world.
I would like to separately note the scope of the large-scale phased development of this giant field and the optimal conditions created in our country for attracting investment in this process.
Not limiting itself to the possibilities of exporting natural gas, Turkmenistan attaches great importance to its processing and is open to mutually beneficial cooperation in this segment.
Dear participants of the international forum!
Today, in various parts of our country, systematic work is being carried out to search for new layers of industrial oil deposits, develop and commission “black gold” deposits.
In this regard, prospecting, exploration and drilling work is being carried out in Western Turkmenistan – the land of “black gold”, and the adjacent shelf of the Caspian Sea. In this direction, interaction with foreign companies is consistently expanding.
The national petrochemical industry is also developing at an accelerated pace, as exemplified by the systematic increase in the production capacity of the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries and a significant expansion of the range of petroleum products it produces. Attention is also paid to the modernization of the processing industry, the widespread introduction of international experience, and the establishment of joint production of goods of world famous brands.
Dear participants of the international conference and exhibition!
Dear guests!
The ongoing international conference and exhibition are intended to become another milestone towards strengthening mutually beneficial economic cooperation. I am convinced that the current oil and gas forum, organized in the white city of Ashgabat – the capital of Turkmenistan, where, along with the export of raw materials, the processing industry is also developing, will increase the number of partners and strengthen interaction with them.
Once again, I cordially congratulate you on the start of the XXVIII International Conference and Exhibition “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan–2023”!
I wish you good health and prosperity, and successful work at the international conference and exhibition!
President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov. /// TDH, 24 Oct 2023
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