Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ASHGABAT1618
2009-12-15 13:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON WEIGHS NEW PROPOSAL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASHGABAT 001618
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN; EEB;
ENERGY FOR EKIMOFF/BURPOE/COHEN
COMMERCE FOR DSTARKS/EHOUSE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2019
TAGS: ECON EPET PINR TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON WEIGHS NEW PROPOSAL
REF: ASHGABAT 1494 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Charge Sylvia Reed Curran for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ASHGABAT 001618
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN; EEB;
ENERGY FOR EKIMOFF/BURPOE/COHEN
COMMERCE FOR DSTARKS/EHOUSE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2019
TAGS: ECON EPET PINR TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON WEIGHS NEW PROPOSAL
REF: ASHGABAT 1494 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Charge Sylvia Reed Curran for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On December 11, the local Chevron rep briefed us on a
proposal recently made by the Turkmenistan government.
Deputy Chairman Bayrammurat Hojamuhammedov had met with the
Chevron rep on December 7 and had pitched the idea of Chevron
working as part of a Joint Venture onshore (not Yoloten or
Osman),helping to rehabilitate underperforming wells and
starting work on new wells in that same area. (NOTE: The
Chinese started work in the energy sector in Turkmenistan
rehabilitating wells. END NOTE.) The Chevron rep told
Hojamuhammedov that the MOU governing this project should
also include the possibility of other projects in the future.
2. (C) The Chevron rep planned to run the proposal by his
bosses in the United States and would get back to
Hojamuhammedov with an answer. He believed this opportunity
was much better than the one the Turkmen had offered
regarding a petrochemical project.
3. (C) COMMENT: Chevron may have been offered this project,
because it is a major company with an office in Ashgabat, its
technological capabilities are world renown, and the Turkmen
are really serious about expanding opportunities for American
companies. All of that may be true, but an added piece is
that the company is building relationships here.
Specifically, it is offering an unpaid internship to the
daughter of State Protocol Chief Berdy Matiev. Matiev is
close to his boss, President Berdimuhamedov, and that, in
turn, is good for Chevron. According to the Chevron rep
(strictly protect),Ms. Matieva is studying Business and
Logistics at a university in Texas and is reportedly a top
student. Her internship will also be in Texas. Matiev
approached the Chevron office in Ashgabat regarding this
opportunity for his daughter, and after Chevron's lawyers
gave the OK, the company was happy to oblige. COMMENT.
CURRAN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN; EEB;
ENERGY FOR EKIMOFF/BURPOE/COHEN
COMMERCE FOR DSTARKS/EHOUSE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2019
TAGS: ECON EPET PINR TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON WEIGHS NEW PROPOSAL
REF: ASHGABAT 1494 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Charge Sylvia Reed Curran for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On December 11, the local Chevron rep briefed us on a
proposal recently made by the Turkmenistan government.
Deputy Chairman Bayrammurat Hojamuhammedov had met with the
Chevron rep on December 7 and had pitched the idea of Chevron
working as part of a Joint Venture onshore (not Yoloten or
Osman),helping to rehabilitate underperforming wells and
starting work on new wells in that same area. (NOTE: The
Chinese started work in the energy sector in Turkmenistan
rehabilitating wells. END NOTE.) The Chevron rep told
Hojamuhammedov that the MOU governing this project should
also include the possibility of other projects in the future.
2. (C) The Chevron rep planned to run the proposal by his
bosses in the United States and would get back to
Hojamuhammedov with an answer. He believed this opportunity
was much better than the one the Turkmen had offered
regarding a petrochemical project.
3. (C) COMMENT: Chevron may have been offered this project,
because it is a major company with an office in Ashgabat, its
technological capabilities are world renown, and the Turkmen
are really serious about expanding opportunities for American
companies. All of that may be true, but an added piece is
that the company is building relationships here.
Specifically, it is offering an unpaid internship to the
daughter of State Protocol Chief Berdy Matiev. Matiev is
close to his boss, President Berdimuhamedov, and that, in
turn, is good for Chevron. According to the Chevron rep
(strictly protect),Ms. Matieva is studying Business and
Logistics at a university in Texas and is reportedly a top
student. Her internship will also be in Texas. Matiev
approached the Chevron office in Ashgabat regarding this
opportunity for his daughter, and after Chevron's lawyers
gave the OK, the company was happy to oblige. COMMENT.
CURRAN