“LUKOIL” has started the second stage of development drilling at the second stage of the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea, INTERFAX.RU reports.

Global oil demand will grow by 5 million bpd in 2021 and return to pre-crisis levels by about 2023, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2020, Interfax reports.

Today, in the Central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, a reporting meeting was held under the chairmanship of Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Myratgeldi Meredov, at which the results of the work of industry enterprises for nine months of this year, held under the motto "Turkmenistan - Homeland of Neutrality" were discussed.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, 20 transactions were registered last week.

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed to continue the work begun on the liberalization of the economy, addressing the Vice-Chairman at a government meeting last Friday, at which the results of the country's economic development for nine months of 2020 were summed up.

The Shatlyk industrial enterprise of the Dashoguzgazakdyrysh department of the Turkmengazakdyrysh association of the State Concern “Turkmengas” is an industrial site with a complex of technological equipment and plays an important role in the uninterrupted supply of commercial gas from the Dovletabat - Deryalyk main gas pipeline.

The booster compressor station, which is being built at the Malay gas field in the Lebap region, has entered the final stage of commissioning.

The idea to hold a consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia in Ashgabat in 2021 was proposed by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in a telephone conversation with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Turkmenistan intends to further strengthen the interstate political, economic, spiritual and cultural ties with Russia that have passed the test of time. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said this during a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on October 7.

On Wednesday, a telephone conversation took place between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

Russian "Gazprom" increased gas purchases in Turkmenistan for the first half of 2020, INTERFAX.RU reports.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasized the huge contribution of Vladimir Putin to the development of strategic and friendly Turkmen-Russian relations in his congratulations sent to the President of the Russian Federation on the occasion of his birthday.

The Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan hosted a conference dedicated to the recent major political events in Turkmenistan, in particular, to the historic decisions reached within the framework of the meeting of the “Halk Maslahaty” (People's Council) of Turkmenistan.

The successful promotion of major transport and energy projects, including the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, was noted during an online meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, on October 4, 2020, the website of the foreign ministry of our country reports.

109 transactions were registered at the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.