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A senior official from Turkmenistan this week again dangled the prospect of his country exporting its gas directly to European markets through a Trans-Caspian pipeline route, but with a lack of enthusiasm that should probably have Brussels concerned. Speaking at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, or ADIPEC, …

Turkmenistan talks a big game about diversifying export markets for its natural gas, but China will be the only major customer for the foreseeable future. The scale of the quasi-monopsonistic reality that Ashgabat confronts was laid bare anew on June 18 in a speech President Serdar Berdymukhamedov gave in the …

Iran and Turkmenistan discussed ways to expand the electricity swap. A delegation from the Iranian energy ministry headed by the Deputy Iranian Minister of Energy for Water and Wastewater Affairs visited the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat on Tuesday to discuss Iran-Turkmenistan cooperation in the water and electricity field as well …

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji has expressed the country’s readiness for swapping Turkmenistan’s natural gas to Armenia, Shana reported. Oji made the remarks in a meeting with Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan in Tehran on Monday. Speaking in this meeting, the Iranian minister also expressed the …

About a tenth of the global oil and gas industry’s methane emissions have been found to come from a group of “ultra-emitter” sites located mostly in Turkmenistan, Russia and the US. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that governments recently agreed to slash by 2030, New Scientist reported. While huge …

Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji says natural gas swap from Turkmenistan can increase by up to 10 times in volume terms if Ashgabat agrees to further transfer deals with Tehran. Owji said after a Saturday meeting with Turkmenistan’s visiting Vice President Rashid Meredov that Iran has the infrastructure required for …

The agreement between Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan on a natural gas swap deal for up to 2 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas is expected to take effect early 2022, Iran’s oil minister Jadav Owji confirmed. “The size of the swap contract is 1.5 to 2 billion cubic meters of …

Russia has doubled the purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan this year amid rising global demand. Russia this year stands to import about 10 billion cubic metres of gas from Turkmenistan, Russian envoy to Ashgabat Alexander Blokhin said on Friday. That’s nearly twice the amount imported in 2020. This year’s …

Turkmenistan and India discussed the construction of a transnational gas pipeline Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI), Trend reports citing the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Turkmenistan. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Foreign Minister of India, and Rashid Meredov, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, met in New Delhi on December 19 to discuss joint actions to implement the TAPI …

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reiterated on Thursday his country’s commitment to cooperation with Turkmenistan, including on the construction of a major regional pipeline and enhancing security in Afghanistan. “Pleased to call on President [of Turkmenistan] #GurbangulyBerdimukhammedov today in Ashgabat. I reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to enhance our economic connect …