The Galkynysh gas field, formerly known as Iolotan gas field or South Yolotan – Osman field ) is a large natural gas field near Ýolöten in Mary Province of Turkmenistan.
Ýolöten or Iolatan (Russian:Ёлётен) is a town and capital of Ýolöten District in the Mary Province of Turkmenistan.
•
Some 10 billion cubic meters of gas will be exported to Iran per year from the Ýolöten gas field in the future due to a 2009 agreement between the governments of Iran and Turkmenistan involving people such as Gholam Hossein Nozari, the Iranian Minister of Oil and the Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister, Täçberdi Tagyýew.
•
A study by British firm Gaffney, Cline & Associates has revealed that the South Ýolöten-Osman gas field, located south of the town ranks among the world’s five biggest, with possible reserves of 4 tcm to 14 tcm of gas.