Turkmenistan replaces gas company head

Turkmenistan's leader has replaced the head of the state-run gas company, who held the job for only three months, after the Central Asian state fell short of its 2010 output target, state television reported on Tuesday. President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has appointed Amanali Khanaliyev as the new head of Turkmengaz, the state company responsible for gas production and development of the world's fourth-largest known reserves of the fuel according to BP data.
Khanaliyev, previously head of the Turkmengaz department responsible for building pipelines and infrastructure, replaces Dovlet Mommayev, who had only been in the job since October after predecessor Nury Mukhamedov was fired for "serious flaws." The state television report did not give a reason for the latest change of management.