Chandyr

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Chandyr

a river in Iran and the Turkmen SSR, a left tributary of the Sumbar River of the Atrek River basin. The Chandyr, which is 90 km long and drains an area of 1,820 sq km, rises in the mountains of the Kopetdag. It is fed by springs and rain, and to a lesser degree, by snow. The river, which dries up in summer, reached a maximum measured flow rate of 422 cu m per sec in 1963. The Chandyr is used for irrigation.

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The project envisages exploration work on the investment blocks Sechankul, Akjar and Chimbay, alongside development of the Urga field and the fields of Akchalak and Chandyr groups.

The official said that the implementation of the Investment project will allow to maintain the level of production at the depleted Urga field, bring into development the fields of Chandyr and Akchalak groups, which have been in conservation for a long time, and increase hydrocarbon reserves through exploration.

The production of hydrocarbons in the Urga field began in July 2017, in the Chandyr group of fields in November 2017 and in the Akchalak group of fields in September 2018.