Editing Lebap Region (section)

===Extraction industries===
Lebap is rich in various natural resources, most notably, natural gas. The region is home to the [[Malai Gas Field]] and the [[Bagtyýarlyk PSA Territory|Bagtyýarlyk Gas Field]], which both serve as major suppliers of natural gas to [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-04-25|title=Turkmenistan to up gas supply to China|url=https://www.azernews.az/region/95716.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101220324/https://www.azernews.az/region/95716.html|archive-date=2021-01-01|access-date=2021-01-01|website=AzerNews}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-09-28|title=Turkmenistan supplied 125BCM of gas to China|url=http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/turkmenistan-supplied-125-bcm-gas-to-china-25610|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811061546/http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/turkmenistan-supplied-125-bcm-gas-to-china-25610|archive-date=2016-08-11|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Natural Gas Europe|publisher=Natural Gas World}}</ref>  

The [[:ru:Гарлыкский горно-обогатительный комбинат|Garlyk Mining and Enrichment Amalgamate]] in [[Köýtendag District]] produces [[potash]] fertilizer, and the [[Seýdi]] Oil Refinery is one of two petroleum refineries in Turkmenistan.

From antiquity, local residents quarried sulfur, zinc and lead in the [[Köýtendag Range|Köýtendag]] (Kungitang) foothills for domestic needs, including casting of bullets.<ref name=tstanbook3>{{cite book|title=Туркменистан |first=P. |last=Skosyrev |date=1948 |publisher=Molodaya Gvardiya |place=Moscow |page=203 |language=ru}}</ref> During the Soviet period, a lead mine was dug and the town of Svintsovyy Rudnik<ref>"lead ore mine" in English; today called Gurşun Magdan Käni şäherçesi, "town of lead ore mine"</ref> was founded.<ref name=tstanbook3 /><ref name=osm>[https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/531255297#map=14/37.8651/66.4389 Way: Gurshun Magdan Kani (531255297)]</ref>

{{Further|Gowurdak mine}}