Turkmenistan Energy Information

Total Energy Consumption

Per capita consumption is 4.6 toe, with electricity accounting for around 2 700 kWh in 2018.

Total energy consumption increased rapidly from 2000 to 2015 (4.2%/year, on average) and has remained stable since then (27 Mtoe in 2018). Natural gas represents 75% of that consumption and oil 25%.

Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)

Graph: TOTAL CONSUMPTION MARKET SHARE BY ENERGY (2018, %)

Interactive Chart Turkmenistan Total Energy Consumption

Crude Oil Production

The country's oil production is low (11 Mt in 2018) and increased only slightly over the last decade.

The country has a refining capacity of 297 000 bbl/d, distributed over 3 refineries (Chardzhou, 120 500 bbl/d, Türkmenbaşy/Krasnovodsk, 116 500 bbl/d, and Okarem, 60 000 bbl/d, commissioned in 2018).

The country is a net exporter of oil products. Oil exports decreased sharply after 2015 from 6 Mt to 3.5 Mt in 2018. They increased rapidly between 2010 and 2015, by 8.4%/year.

Turkmenistan started shipping oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.

Interactive Chart Turkmenistan Crude Oil Production

CO₂ Fuel Combustion/CO₂ Emissions

In 2016, the country submitted its NDC, but no concrete objective has been proposed.

CO₂ emissions from energy combustion have doubled since 2000 to 70 MtCO₂.

Graph: CO₂-ENERGY EMISSIONS (MtCO₂)