Turkmenistan · 1950 — 1976

A Chronological Atlas of Soviet-era Natural Gas

From the first Gyzylgum gusher (1952) through the Bukhara–Ural and CAC-I trunk pipelines (1966–67), plotted on a modern satellite base.

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Features

City / settlement

Gas / gas-condensate field

Aral expedition drill site

Bukhara–Ural pipeline

Bukhara–Ural branch

Central Asia–Center I

Status (per period)

Primary — became active this period

Faded — established earlier, still relevant

Reference — geographic anchor only

Visible features —

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Data: News Central Asia, 22 May 2024 (Kheshdekov) · USGS B2201-H · Wikipedia · OSM