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 …
Read More »Iraq still Negotiating with Mediator to Ensure Turkmen Gas Delivery
In light of the electricity crisis facing the country due to the recent reduction in Iranian gas supplies, Iraq revealed on Sunday the latest developments related to its gas deal with Turkmenistan, which it has been pursuing for almost a year. The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity firmly denied the allegations …
Read More »Iran and Turkmenistan Discussed Expanding Oil, Gas Sector Cooperation
At a meeting in Ashgabat between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Iranian Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi, and Chairman of the Central Bank Mohammad Reza Farzin, the possibilities of expanding bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the oil and gas sector, as well as diversifying energy supplies to global …
Read More »Iraq Signs Key Gas Supply Deal with Turkmenistan to Boost Power Grid
On Saturday, Iraqi Electricity Minister Ziad Ali Fadel announced the signing of an agreement with Turkmenistan to secure a daily supply of 20 million cubic meters of gas. In a statement, Fadel emphasized that this influx of gas will play a remarkable role in enhancing the country’s electricity infrastructure, saying, …
Read More »Will Turkey’s LNG Deals Derail Turkmenistan’s Gas Export Dreams?
Turkmenistan’s hopes of arranging a swap deal to carry the first small volumes of its gas to Turkey, and possibly on to Europe, have been dealt a blow, as Ankara has inked its third long-term LNG purchase agreement in five months. September 18 saw Turkey’s state gas importer Botas agree …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »Turkmenistan, Pakistan to Hold Talks on TAPI Gas Pipeline Project Implementation
Turkmenistan and Pakistan have reached an agreement on holding negotiations on the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project in the near future, Trend reports. This was stated by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, at a regular meeting …
Read More »Turkmenistan, EU Moot Diversification of Gas Supply Routes
Turkmenistan and the EU discussed the diversification of gas supply routes, Trend reports. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, this topic was discussed in Brussels during the participation of the Turkmen delegation headed by Myrat Archayev, Deputy Chairman of the Turkmengaz State Concern, in a meeting of …
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