Oil, Gas and Geology Workers Day in Turkmenistan
December 14 · Level 8 · #472 of 2238
This is the professional holiday of Turkmenistan's oilmen, gas workers and geologists, whose work underpins the country's economy. They search for, extract and process the resources that power homes and factories.
How it is celebrated: there are festive meetings, congratulations and awards for the best workers, and teams at industry enterprises gather for celebrations.
Turkmenistan is among the countries with the largest natural gas reserves, and the Galkynysh field is counted among the biggest gas fields in the world. Most of the country is covered by the Karakum Desert, where geologists work amid heat and sand.