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Turkmenistan: oil import rules

These are the same rules the Regulatory Matrix API serves for Turkmenistan-bound trade: which products private parties can move, which run through a government or monopoly route, and which are closed outright.

Open to private trade0
Restricted2
Blocked2

Compiled regulatory guidance from OilFlow Network, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the relevant national regulator before structuring a deal.

Product-by-product

Crude oilBLOCKED
Not tradeable by private partiesTürkmennebit state monopoly on crude. No private upstream participation. Caspian basin context: heavy state control.
Refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline, jet)RESTRICTED
Restricted: government/monopoly routeTürkmenbashi (TCOR) and Seydi refineries are state-operated. Export quotas centrally allocated.
LPGRESTRICTED
Restricted: government/monopoly routeTürkmengaz controls.
gasBLOCKED
Not tradeable by private partiesTürkmengaz state monopoly. Gas exports dominated by long-term contracts to China (Central Asia to China pipeline). TAPI pipeline aspirational.

Frequently asked

Can private companies import crude oil into Turkmenistan?
Türkmennebit state monopoly on crude. No private upstream participation. Caspian basin context: heavy state control.
Are refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline) tradeable by private importers in Turkmenistan?
Türkmenbashi (TCOR) and Seydi refineries are state-operated. Export quotas centrally allocated.
Does OilFlow screen counterparties against Turkmenistan regulations?
Yes. The same rule table shown on this page ships in the Regulatory Matrix API; counterparty checks destined for Turkmenistan are gated against these rules automatically.

Use this jurisdiction

This rule table is one leg of every counterparty check we run: the tradability rule for the destination country fires alongside the fraud cluster match and the eight-list sanctions screen. Compliance teams that want to call /api/v1/regulatory/check from their own intake systems are scoped on a call, no list price. Screening a named counterparty into Turkmenistan? Run the free check below. A Counterparty Screen is $95, ordered by email to [email protected]: machine output on one named counterparty inside the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel.

Screen a counterparty into Turkmenistan

Paste the company or person name from the pitch. Free, no signup, answer in seconds. Vessels are not screened here.

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Counterparty Screen$95

One name, delivered within the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel, no human read. PEP is not screened; adverse media is not swept.

Counterparty File$500

One named counterparty, the Screen's steps plus a named human's written read and signature, in your inbox by the end of the third business day or the fee is refunded in full.

Email [email protected] with the product and the counterparty name in the subject. An invoice comes back by reply. Both are prepaid by invoice or marketplace order; there is no card checkout.