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History of the development of the gas industry of Turkmenistan
Oraznazar Kheshdekov The Shatlyk (East and West) gas condensate field, the largest of its kind in Central Asia, began operation in 1973. Initially, a project aimed to increase well production capacity by using larger diameter drilling bits (216 mm) and …