Singapore (Platts) China National Petroleum Corp has ramped up production at its gas fields in Turkmenistan in anticipation of higher winter demand in China, the company said Tuesday. Gas from the Amu Darya project’s 31 wells is now flowing at rate of 19.8 million cubic meters/d or nearly 700,000 Mcf/d, while sales volumes have risen 11.7% year on year to 18.1 million cu m/d, CNPC said. Gas production comes from two blocks in the Bagtyiarlyk contract area on the right bank of the Amu Darya River. CNPC signed a production sharing agreement for the acreage in 2007 and production started in 2010. CNPC said it has primarily carried out capacity expansion at Block A, where the gas processing capacity is now 6.5 billion cu m/year, while sales gas send-out capacity has reached a new high of 18 million cu m/d. A second phase development will see […]