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Turkey Seeks Extension to Turkmenistan Gas Supply Deal

Turkey will look to negotiate an extension to a five-year swap agreement to receive natural gas from Turkmenistan, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told local daily Hürriyet on Tuesday. Two weeks ago, Bayraktar announced that Turkish state firm BOTAS and Turkmenistan’s Turkmengaz signed an agreement to supply gas from the …

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Turkmenistan’s High Gas Prices Hinder Export Deals

It’s been just over a year since Turkmenistan, a country boasting the world’s fourth or fifth biggest largest natural gas reserves, ended decades of indecision and finally announced it was serious about exporting to Western markets. For just about any other country, such an announcement would have touched off a …

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Turkmenistan, Afghanistan Resume Work on Multibillion-Dollar Gas Pipeline Project

Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday resumed work on the multibillion-dollar Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. The inaugural ceremony was held in Turkmenistan’s Salim Cheshma area and attended by the Taliban administration’s acting Prime Minister, Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, the chairman of Turkmenistan’s upper chamber of parliament and former Turkmen President …

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Turkmenistan Ready to Start Work on TAPI in Afghanistan

Turkmenistan is ready to start work on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project in Afghanistan’s territory, Trend reports. Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov announced this during an online meeting with Afghan Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar. The sides also discussed economic, transit, trade, and political cooperation between their countries. …

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