KING WANTS TWO TURKMENISTAN COMPANIES TO OPERATE IN ESWATINI
By King’s Office Correspondents
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN – Just a day after the Kingdom of Eswatini and Turkmenistan established diplomatic relations, His Majesty the King wants two major Turkmenistan companies to open their offices in the country.
The King, accompanied by Inkhosikati LaMotsa, Emazinyane Princess Sikhanyiso, Princes Sicalo, Lindani, Princess Nqobile and Ministers Pholile Shakantu of Foreign Affairs and Chief Ndlaluhlaza of Public Works, toured Turkmenbashy Oil Processing Complex (TNGIZT) and Turkmen Bashi International Seaport to be apprised and establish links with the view to working closely with the Kingdom.
The King’s tour of these two major facilities took place on the sidelines of the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs). The experience from these tours is expected to aid in the establishment of the E5.2 billion Strategic Oil Reserve to be built at Phuzamoya in Siphofaneni, commencing before the fall of the year.
His Majesty the King was taken through the company’s operations by General Director Cishiywe Dovran Gurbangeldiyevich and Deputy Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Batyr Jumayev, who informed him that it was established in 1943.
“TNGIZT is involved in the processing of oil and gas condensate, the production of various oil and petrochemical products and their sale in the domestic and foreign markets.
“The production capacity of the complex of plants includes a number of oil refineries, as well as a number of oil refineries that increase the depth of primary oil refining.
The company produces over 150 oil products amongst which are types of products produced at the complex includes amongst which is jet fuel purifier,
diesel fuel water purifier, paraffin, olefin alkylation and light gas isomerizer, production of polypropylene coatings, bitumen, general oil coating, drying oil coating, polypropylene and polypropylene packages,” he said, to name just a few.
The complex is completed with power-generating gas turbine plants, seawater desalination plants, steam generators, secondary water coolers, pumping stations, tank farms, power plants and other auxiliary facilities.
Dovran stated that their high-quality oil and petrochemical products produced at the Turkmenbashi oil processing complex are exported to different directions, namely to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
His Majesty the King expressed the country’s interest in partnering with the company and in future considering establishing strong links and sales agreements that would see the company’s products reaching Eswatini.
The King said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will soon make follow-ups to see what could be done to ensure that relations between the two countries are strengthened and open more trade opportunities.
From the Turkmenbashy Oil Processing Complex, the King and his delegation toured Turkmen Bashi International Seaport, where he also had an interest in the possibilities of opening trade routes and further benefit from the company’s experience as a landlocked country in the movement of goods.
Yunus Kakabayor, the Channel’s director, explained to the King that their port is involved in the movement of millions of cargo per annum to various markets across the world, especially in Central Asia, Europe and neighbouring countries.
Chief Ndlaluhlaza, the Minister of Public Works and Transport, expressed the country’s interest in learning from Turkmen Bash International Seaport, especially because the country was exploring options of joining the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
“The United Nations promotes that even landlocked countries should have access to the coasts and operate their own seaports. Part of the bilateral agreements we signed with Mozambique would assist in such an endeavour, hence our visit to this seaport here,” the minister said in an interview.
The companies appreciated His Majesty the King’s gesture to visit each one of them and indicated that it will forever remain in their records that such an esteemed guest visited their facilities.
