Specialists from the ‘Lebapnebitgazgözleg’ expedition have discovered significant reserves of natural gas in a new well at the ‘Atabay’ field in the Central Karakum Desert. This was reported by the news website Turkmenportal, citing the newspaper ‘Turkmenistan’.

Research on the 1,200-metre ‘Atabay-1’ exploration well has shown the potential for producing up to 284,000 cubic metres of sulphur-free gas per day.

Natural gas has been discovered in eight of the nine layers of the well, and development is planned to begin in the near future. Additional exploration and prospecting work are also planned at the field this year.