The volume of annual gas supplies through the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China pipeline is about 40 billion cubic meters per year.

This was announced by Myrat Archayev, the Deputy Chairman of the State Concern "Turkmengaz", speaking at the International Scientific Conference "Energy prospects, new technologies and environmental aspects of the development of hydrocarbon deposits", which opened in Ashgabat.

M.Archayev noted that the People's Republic of China is the largest importer of Turkmen natural gas.

The deputy head of "Turkmengaz" said: "About 40 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year are supplied through three lines of the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China transnational gas pipeline, commissioned in December 2009".

He also stressed that in the future the annual volume of Turkmen natural gas supplies to China will be increased to 65 billion cubic meters.