REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ASHGABAT -- Currently Turkmenistan is implementing a large scale project on the expansion and modernisation of the commodity and raw material base of the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries (TCOR), Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported.

'The construction of two steel tanks with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters for storing diesel fuel, as well as 5000 cubic meters for storing gasoline is being completed at the main TCOR plant', the newspaper said.

The project is being implemented by the Turkmenneftegazstroy state concern and it is also planned to construct 12 tanks with equal capacity for storage of raw materials and finished products to a total capacity of 90,000 cubic meters, according to the newspaper.

Six of them are being built at an oil refinery in the city of Turkmenbashi, five at the Kenar tank farm for storage and shipment of petroleum products and one at the Seidi refinery.