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Turkmenistan, the gas giant increasingly dependent on China
China is funding Turkmenistan’s gas expansion as about 90% of exports already flow there and alternative pipelines remain stalled.
- In mid-April, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov hailed ties with Beijing at the Galkynysh plant, where the Central Asia-China gas pipeline has delivered "around 460 billion cubic metres of natural gas."
- Following a 2009 diplomatic spat with Moscow, Turkmenistan pivoted toward Beijing; around 90 percent of the country's gas exports now go to China, according to independent estimates.
- Narymbetov said "each new phase of Galkynysh so far tends to reinforce the Chinese vector," warning that dependence on a single market creates "strategic vulnerability" for the country.
- While Turkmengaz considers Galkynysh a resource base for the future TAPI pipeline, the route faces security challenges in Afghanistan, and the Trans-Caspian pipeline to Europe remains stalled.
- Aga, a 22-year-old student at the oil-and-gas university in Ashgabat, said investment at the field creates many jobs, adding, "After I graduate, I would like to work there.
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Energy-rich nation: Turkmenistan, the gas giant increasingly dependent on China
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