During the meeting of the government of Turkmenistan, which President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov chaired last Friday via video communication, topical issues of state policy, including the development of the oil and gas sector, were considered.

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

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor from Turkmenistan Allaberdy Ilyasov in an interview with CentralAsia.news told about the strategically advantageous prospects for the production of helium as a product that will ensure the industrial progress of Turkmenistan.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission of Turkmenistan, signed a resolution on the approval of the draft Constitutional Law "On Amendments and Additions to the Constitution of Turkmenistan" and on its submission to the Khalk Maslakhaty of our country.

Forty containers with Turkmen propylene were delivered to Mersin (Turkey) via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway corridor, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani “Ady Container LLC”.

The level of execution of the OPEC + deal to reduce oil production in July was 95% versus 107% in June. Thus, the countries of the alliance removed 9.2 million bpd from the market in July, having fallen short of the agreement by 0.5 million bpd. The OPEC + technical committee on Monday, TASS reports summed up these results.

Today, on August 17, 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 seven months of 2020, held under the motto "Turkmenistan - Homeland of Neutrality" were discussed.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic and its negative impact on the global economy, the current state of the national economy indicates that our state continues to develop in accordance with the adopted programs, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said, summarizing the results of economic development of Turkmenistan for January-July 2020.

Last Friday, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via digital video communication, at which the results of the development for seven months of the year of all sectors of the national economy, including the fuel and energy complex of Turkmenistan, were discussed.

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

The issues of strengthening trade, economic, energy, transport and communication cooperation were discussed online by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and acting Chairman of the Central Bank of Afghanistan Ajmal Ahmadi, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

An industrial inflow of natural gas with a daily flow rate of 400 thousand cubic meters was received at the Tadjibay field.

Hungary is especially interested in the import of natural gas through the Southern Gas Corridor and considers Turkmenistan to be a promising partner in this area, Trend reports citing the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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

The next issue of the "Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources of Turkmenistan" magazine of the State Concern "Turkmennebit" has been published. The publication, covering the main events and trends in the fuel and energy complex of our country, presents an analysis of the reforms taking place in the economic sphere.