27-05-08 On May 26, the ceremony of laying a foundation stone of the Dauletabad-2 gas compressor station and opening of the Dauletabad-3 gas compressor station took place in the Dauletabad field, Ahal province of Turkmenistan.
Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Energy, took part in the ceremony. The EU delegation included also Pierre Moreil, EU Special Envoy for Central Asia, and Kun Minne, head of Belgian ENEX Company and Turkmenistan’s Honorary Consul in Belgium.

As Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov told at the ceremony, the commissioning and laying a foundation stone of new compressor stations are Turkmenistan’s practical contributions to the realization of the quadrilateral agreement between the governments of Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on increasing the capacity of Central Asia-Centre -- the 4-trunk gas pipeline. Having signed the Honourable Guests Record Book, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov presented the distinguished workers with valuable gifts.
The Dauletabad-2 gas compressor station with the annual capacity of 20 bn cm of gas will be commissioned in two years. The complex valued at EUR 130 mm will be constructed by ENEX. It will be fitted out with the technological equipment of European and American companies: Dresser Rand, General Electric, PALL, Honeywell, Emerson Process Management, Schneyder Electric.

The running of the Dauletabad-2 compressor station will make it possible to increase gas exports by another 4 bn cm of gas and will create new jobs.
The launching of the Dauletabad-3 booster compressor station will increase the productivity of existing fields by up to 10 mm cm of gas a day. The annual capacity of the site built under the “turn key” conditions by Belgian ENEX company will be 20 bn cm of gas. The biggest US, German, French, Polish, Indonesian companies took part in equipping it. The national cadre of specialists will maintain the compressor station.