26-06-09 Specialists of the Turkmengeologia state concern discovered new large reserves of natural gas at the Minara field, located in eastern Turkmenistan, 90 km from the famous Southern Yolotan-Osman deposits.
A powerful gas flow was obtained at a free rate of 4.3 mm cmpd as a result of drilling of the first exploration well at the depth of 4,030 meters.

This news was reported by deputy Prime Minister Tachberdi Tagiyev at a government meeting. According to him, such a high flow rate of fuel proves that newly discovered gas reservoirs are highly capacious and very promising. And its proximity to the Southern Yoloten-Osman field leads to the assumption that there is a single unique oil and gas accumulation zone in Turkmenistan.
It should be recalled that according to the international audit conducted last year by experts from the British company "Gaffney, Cline & Associates", the reserves of the South Yoloten field are estimated as ranging from 4 to 14 tcm of gas.