Turkmenistan diversifies gas exports, wants to supply it to Europe

ASHGABAD, January 11 (Itar-Tass) - Turkmenistan has almost completed
the diversification of its gas exports.
"The launches of the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China and
Turkmenistan-Iran gas pipelines have laid down the foundation for another
major international project - the construction of the
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline. Today, we are also
ready to supply gas to European countries," Turkmen President Gurbanguly
Berdymukhamedov told a government meeting on Monday. He called on the
heads of fuel and energy companies to solve this task in 2011.
"It's necessary to build plants for the production of liquefied gas
and gas processing plants. We don't need pipelines to transport liquefied
gas. That makes it easier for us to export gas in various directions,"
President Berdymukhamedov said at the meeting that reviewed the results of
2010 and discussed plans for 2011.
The Turkmen president stressed the need to process gas condensate for
making polypropylene and other products. "All these measures will
contribute to increasing our exports and will ensure stable currency
revenues for the state treasury," Berdymukhamedov said.
He also demanded that a program of developing Turkmenistan's gas and
oil industry for a period up to 2030 be adjusted as soon as possible and
submitted for approval.