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09ASHGABAT1216
2009-09-25 10:22:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
NEW SUPPORT FOR TURKMEN OIL AND GAS INSTITUTE
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 001216
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN; EEB; NEA/IR
ENERGY FOR EKIMOFF/BURPOE/COHEN
COMMERCE FOR EHOUSE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EPET PGOV EINV TX
SUBJECT: NEW SUPPORT FOR TURKMEN OIL AND GAS INSTITUTE
UNCLAS ASHGABAT 001216
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN; EEB; NEA/IR
ENERGY FOR EKIMOFF/BURPOE/COHEN
COMMERCE FOR EHOUSE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EPET PGOV EINV TX
SUBJECT: NEW SUPPORT FOR TURKMEN OIL AND GAS INSTITUTE
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) Turkmengaz, the state-owned Turkmen gas company, first
established its Institute of Oil and Gas in the 1970s. Since that
time, the Institute has served as a think tank for Turkmenistan's
oil and gas industry. The Institute is responsible for developing
and introducing new technologies in the country's oil and gas
sector, conducting technical experiments on materials used in the
industry, and providing on-demand technical advice to State oil and
gas companies.
3. (SBU) The Institute recently provided state oil and gas companies
with advice on technologies such as horizontal and directional
drilling, hydrofracturing, re-perforation of production horizon,
open hole completion, well stimulation by sidetracking, minimization
of well drowning, removing liquid from bottomholes, and mud acid
treatment. Institute faculty also participated in developing a
geologic-hydrodynamic model of the South Yoloten gas field in
southeastern Turkmenistan, while playing a key role in formulating
the GOTX's estimate of the field's natural gas reserves.
4. (SBU) Although the Institute has provided the GOTX with valuable
technical advice over the years, the Institute traditionally
received little government support in the form of increased
salaries, social benefits, the provision of necessary work-related
materials, and career development opportunities, in comparison with
state oil and gas companies. According to an Institute of Oil and
Gas employee, however, Institute conditions have improved recently
as the government has paid more attention to education and science,
and state oil and gas companies have received funding for increased
scientific research. This Institute employee also asserted that the
procurement of general and technical materials has improved
significantly, and the government even announced plans to build a
new home for the Institute not far from Turkmenistan's oil and gas
agencies and organizations. The employee was optimistic about the
Institute's future prospects and was confident that the Institute
will receive more and more government support.
5. (SBU) COMMENT: The government and top management of the state
oil and gas companies seem to realize that supporting the Oil and
Gas Institute is crucial if Turkmenistan wants to develop a skilled
cadre of hydrocarbon experts. Government support for the National
Oil and Gas Institute is consistent with the government's current
goal to play a larger role in the global energy market.
Nevertheless, aspiring Turkmen petroleum scientists will require
more intensified math and science training in Turkmen primary and
secondary schools, or there will be few Turkmen scientists capable
of filling the offices of the Institute's new building. END
COMMENT.
CURRAN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN; EEB; NEA/IR
ENERGY FOR EKIMOFF/BURPOE/COHEN
COMMERCE FOR EHOUSE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EPET PGOV EINV TX
SUBJECT: NEW SUPPORT FOR TURKMEN OIL AND GAS INSTITUTE
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) Turkmengaz, the state-owned Turkmen gas company, first
established its Institute of Oil and Gas in the 1970s. Since that
time, the Institute has served as a think tank for Turkmenistan's
oil and gas industry. The Institute is responsible for developing
and introducing new technologies in the country's oil and gas
sector, conducting technical experiments on materials used in the
industry, and providing on-demand technical advice to State oil and
gas companies.
3. (SBU) The Institute recently provided state oil and gas companies
with advice on technologies such as horizontal and directional
drilling, hydrofracturing, re-perforation of production horizon,
open hole completion, well stimulation by sidetracking, minimization
of well drowning, removing liquid from bottomholes, and mud acid
treatment. Institute faculty also participated in developing a
geologic-hydrodynamic model of the South Yoloten gas field in
southeastern Turkmenistan, while playing a key role in formulating
the GOTX's estimate of the field's natural gas reserves.
4. (SBU) Although the Institute has provided the GOTX with valuable
technical advice over the years, the Institute traditionally
received little government support in the form of increased
salaries, social benefits, the provision of necessary work-related
materials, and career development opportunities, in comparison with
state oil and gas companies. According to an Institute of Oil and
Gas employee, however, Institute conditions have improved recently
as the government has paid more attention to education and science,
and state oil and gas companies have received funding for increased
scientific research. This Institute employee also asserted that the
procurement of general and technical materials has improved
significantly, and the government even announced plans to build a
new home for the Institute not far from Turkmenistan's oil and gas
agencies and organizations. The employee was optimistic about the
Institute's future prospects and was confident that the Institute
will receive more and more government support.
5. (SBU) COMMENT: The government and top management of the state
oil and gas companies seem to realize that supporting the Oil and
Gas Institute is crucial if Turkmenistan wants to develop a skilled
cadre of hydrocarbon experts. Government support for the National
Oil and Gas Institute is consistent with the government's current
goal to play a larger role in the global energy market.
Nevertheless, aspiring Turkmen petroleum scientists will require
more intensified math and science training in Turkmen primary and
secondary schools, or there will be few Turkmen scientists capable
of filling the offices of the Institute's new building. END
COMMENT.
CURRAN