Natural Gas Cooperation and Projects of Turkmenistan

Year 2022, Issue: 15, 225 - 242, 30.12.2022

Zhuldyz Kanapiyanova

https://doi.org/10.32739/uskudarsbd.8.15.112

Abstract

Most of the state budget of Turkmenistan, the world’s fourth richest in natural gas, is provided by energy resources. In this context, the security and sustainability of the country’s natural gas exports are important. Turkmenistan, which exports natural gas to Russia, Iran and China, tries to develop projects in the context of interdependence in different directions, such as TAPI (Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India) natural gas pipeline and TCP (Trans-Caspian Pipeline), apart from these countries. The aim of the study is to examine Turkmenistan’s natural gas cooperation on the basis of countries and projects and to reveal the details of these cooperation. The study was conducted within the framework of neoliberal theory and it was concluded that Turkmenistan tried to diversify its energy policy within the framework of mutual cooperation.

Keywords

Turkmenistan, Energy, Natural Gas, Interdependence, Pipeline

Türkmenistan’ın Doğal Gaz İş Birlikleri ve Projeleri

Abstract

Dünyanın doğalgaz bakımından dördüncü en zengin ülkesi olan Türkmenistan’ın devlet bütçesinin büyük bir kısmı enerji kaynaklarından karşılanmaktadır. Bu bağlamda ülkenin doğalgaz ihracatının güvenliği ve sürdürülebilirliği önem arz etmektedir. Rusya, İran ve Çin’e doğalgaz ihraç eden Türkmenistan, bu ülkeler dışında TAPI ve TCP gibi farklı yönlerde karşılıklı bağımlılık bağlamında projeler geliştirmeye çalışmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı, Türkmenistan doğalgaz iş birliğini ülkeler ve projeler bazında incelemek ve bu iş birliklerinin detayları ile püf noktalarını ortaya koymaktır. Çalışma neoliberal teori çerçevesinde incelenirken, Türkmenistan’ın karşılıklı iş birliği çerçevesinde enerji politikasını çeşitlendirmeye çalıştığı tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Türkmenistan, Enerji, Doğal Gaz, Karşılıklı Bağımlılık, Boru Hattı

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