While Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are also considering selling their gas to China, Chinese government already made new moves to penetrate deeper into Central Asian energy sector by lending $3 billion to Turkmenistan to develop the South Iolotan field in 2009 and $10 billion to Kazakhstan to pay for future oil supplies.
China is actively expanding its influence in the Central Asian energy sector, having already provided loans of $3 billion to Turkmenistan for the development of the South Iolotan field in 2009 and $10 billion to Kazakhstan to secure future oil supplies.