Two new solutions for the oil and gas industry have been developed and patented in Turkmenistan: a biological method for cleaning soil from oil products and a building material based on gas cleaning waste.

According to turkmennebit.gov.tm, the first development is a method for deep cleaning and restoration of soils contaminated with petroleum products. It is based on the isolation and cultivation of special strains of local degradative microorganisms capable of breaking down heavy hydrocarbons in summer heat and soil salinity. Its use allows the replacement of expensive and environmentally hazardous chemical reagents in the elimination of the consequences of man-made pollution at oil and gas facilities.

The second development is a patent for a formula for organomineral sulfur-polymer concrete. The material was created using excess industrial sulfur, a waste product from natural gas purification at oil and gas fields. The use of sulfur polymer concrete opens up opportunities for hydraulic engineering, irrigation canals, saline water drainage systems, and port facilities—areas where conventional cement concrete quickly deteriorates under the influence of salts. The material's use reduces the cost of capital construction and also addresses the environmental challenge of sulfur waste disposal.