{{Short description|Turkmen national gas company}} {{Infobox company | name = Türkmengaz State Concern | native_name = "Türkmengaz" Döwlet Konserni | native_name_lang = tk | logo = Türkmengaz logo.png | caption = | trading_name = <!-- d/b/a/, doing business as - if different from legal name above --> | romanized = | former type = | type = State-owned | traded_as = | industry = Natural gas | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = {{Start date|1996|07|01|df=y}}<!--by decree. Commenced operations the following year.-->{{cn|date=April 2023}} | founder = | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location_city = Ashgabat | location_country = Turkmenistan | area_served = | key_people = Batyr Amanov (Chairman) | products = Natural gas | services = | revenue = US$ 4.13 billion (Jan–Nov 2020) | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = ≈20,000 (2020) | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|https://turkmengaz.gov.tm/}} | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }} '''Türkmengaz''' is the national gas company of Turkmenistan. It was established by a presidential decree reorganising parts of the former Ministry of Oil and Gas in July 1996. From January to November 2020, Türkmengaz had US$4.13bn in revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GRRR.nl |title=Oil and Gas Benchmark Benchmark |url=https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/publication/oil-and-gas/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=World Benchmarking Alliance |language=en-US}}</ref> It is the largest gas company in Central Asia. The chairman of the company, with rank of minister of state, is Batyr Amangeldiýewiç Amanow.<ref name=amanov>{{cite web|url=http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=21318|title=Назначен новый руководитель Госконцерна «Türkmengaz»|language=Russian|date=3 July 2020|publisher=Электронная газета "Золотой век"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Turkmenistan: Guess WHO's coming to dinner {{!}} Eurasianet |url=https://eurasianet.org/turkmenistan-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=eurasianet.org |language=en}}</ref>
In 2018, Türkmengaz opened the Kiyanly ({{langx|tk|Gyýanly|links=no}}) petrochemical complex for production of polymers. It has the capacity to produce 381,000 tonnes of polyethylene and 81,000 tonnes of polypropylene per year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TurkmenGaz's Kiyanly chemical complex achieves full production rates |url=https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/petrochemicals/article/14182465/turkmengazs-kiyanly-chemical-complex-achieves-full-production-rates |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=www.ogj.com|date=27 August 2020 }}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Turkmenistan|Energy}} * Economy of Turkmenistan § Natural gas * Malai Gas Field * Türkmennebit
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== Links == * [https://www.turkmengaz.gov.tm/ Official web-site]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Turkmengaz}} Category:Oil and gas companies of Turkmenistan Category:National oil and gas companies Category:Energy companies established in 1997
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