No Turkmen Gas For Nabucco

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Turkmenistan plans to double its natural gas output in the near future, but even so will not have any to send to the EU, according to a consultant with Gaffney, Cline & Associates. Jim Gillett, whose company carried out the independent audit of the "supergiant" South Yolotan/Osman field, said the EU came after Russia, China and Iran on Turkmenistan's list of buyers.rnTurkmenistan produced about 70 Bcm of gas in 2008, of which it exported 50 Bcm to Russia. Iran also takes about 8 Bcm/year of gas. But in the next few years, he said, Turkmenistan has contracted to sell up to 80 Bcm/yr to Russia, between 8 and 18 Bcm/year to Iran, up to 40 Bcm/year to China, while it will consume 20 Bcm/yr in its domestic market.rn"Doubling production is a huge ask, especially when many fields are off plateau, and that leaves nothing for Nabucco. Turkmenistan is going to have to more than double production before it has a molecule for Nabucco," he said, referring to the planned 30 Bcm/yr line which a consortium of European and Turkish companies want to build from Turkey to Austria.