3. Event Overview
The 7th Turkmenistan International Gas Congress was
held on 20 ‐ 21 May 2016 at the newly built Congress
Centre in Avaza, Turkmenistan.
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of
Turkmenistan, Yagshygeldy Kakayev officially opened
the event with a welcome address from the President
of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The
President stressed the role of the congress in the oil
and gas industry, saying that “…international Gas
Congress is of great importance in the context of
increasing industrialization of our country, diversified
development of the national economy, attraction of
investments for joint development of oil and gas fields,
implementing large‐scale programs to manufacture
products that are in demand on world markets.”
4. Congress
Day one commenced with Ashirguly Begliyev, Chairman of
Turkmengaz National Gas Company, leading discussions on
Natural Gas Market Outlook and Turkmenistan’s Role in
the Global Gas Sector. He was joined by Muhammetmyrat
Amanov, Chief Executive Officer, TAPI Pipeline Company
Ltd; Jim Gillett, Senior Business Development Manager,
Gaffney, Cline & Associates; Bahram Huseynov, Vice
President on Geology and Geophysics, SOCAR;
Chin Choon Fong, Senior Advisor, Public‐Private Partnership,
Asian Development Bank; Deng Minmin, General Manager,
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) International
Turkmenistan and Yongbum Kim, General Manager of Branch
Office in Turkmenistan, Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd
The speakers shared their on diversification of gas export
markets, international cooperation, international practices in
the hydrocarbon sector, and considered the outlook for
global, regional and domestic oil and gas growth and new
trends in the industry.
5. Day one continued with a session covering questions on
Turkmenistan’s Gas Monetization as a Priority Area for
Investment. The session was led by Mark McCrory,
Country Chair Turkmenistan & Regional Manager Central
Asia from Shell. Other speaker such as Yusup Gylydjev,
Chief Technologist, Turkmenbashy Oil Processing Plants
Holding Company; Shelley Wheeler, Business
Development Manager GTL from Shell;
Vladimir Mordkovich, Chief Technology Officer, Infra
Technology; Ali Reza Shirmohamadi, Managing Director,
Petro Trade Hormozan (PTH) Iran; Sean Stevenson,
Managing Director, Chemicals Consulting, IHS Global ltd;
Juri Prokopenko, Director, Turkmen Petroleum and
Dmitry Yaschuk, GMP Sales Account Manager ‐ Caspian
region, Honeywell Process Solutions shared their
expertise on the latest technologies and developments
in gas processing industry.
6. Keynote speaker Myratgeldi Meredov, Minister of Oil and Gas
of Turkmenistan, concluded the day by talking about Effective
Development of Turkmenistan’s Gas Resources. Experts
including Atadurdy Berdiniyazov, Chairman, State Geological
Company TurkmenGeology; Mark B. Amelang, Senior Vice
President Sales & Marketing, Geokinetics Inc.; Zhong Weiping,
General Manager of Russia and Turkmenistan; Yantai Jereh
Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co.;
Alishir Helel, Director of Huawei Enterprise BG, Huawei
Technologies Co; Egor Krasinsky, Director for Scientific
Cooperation, Geology Without Limits; Svetlana Stytsenko,
Manager of Deloitte Consulting, USAID Macroeconomic
Project joined Mr Meredov and talked about international
collaboration, investment opportunities and innovative
exploration & production techniques.
7. Day two completed with two roundtable discussions on TAPI Pipeline Project that highlighted aspects on financing and attracting
investments for the construction of international gas pipeline and East‐West pipeline, the opportunities for the export of Turkmen
gas resources to international markets.
More than 200 attendees participated in the roundtable. Structured around the industry discussions, audience participation and
free exchange of ideas in effective atmosphere, ensured the ideal conditions to learn about attractiveness and potential of the
projects.
