Akyrtobe compressor station is in operation at the connection point of Kazakhstan-China and Bukharsky gas-bearing area-Tashkent-Bishkek-Alma-Ata cross-country pipelines. The customer of the project is Intergas-Central Asia JSC. Iskra-Neftegas compressor Ltd. manufactured two GPA-16 gas pumping units for the compressor station. On the second stage of the project one more similar gas pumping unit will be supplied to the site of the station. After commissioning of the station pipelines capacity was substantially increased. GPA-16 Irtysh gas pumping units were developed by Design Bureau of the company and manufactured by Iskra-Neftegas compressor Ltd. on the base of KMPO NK-16-18STD gas turbines and GE 2BCL408A centrifugal compressors.