Demand for oil in 2021 increased by 5.5 million barrels per day, and in 2022 it will increase by 3.3 million bpd, Interfax and Bloomberg report citing a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Extraordinary meeting of the Halk Maslahaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan is scheduled to be held on February 11. This is provided for by the decree of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who heads the People's Council – the upper house of the parliament of our country.

Issues of deepening cooperation in transport and logistics, energy and other areas were discussed during the inter-MFA consultations between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, held on Monday in Tashkent, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

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

Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who arrived at the head of a government delegation in Tashkent, met on Monday with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

In the past 2021, the specialists of the «Lebapgazchykarysh» Department of the State Concern «Turkmengas» achieved high production performance. The production of natural gas by the enterprise amounted to more than 12.4 billion cubic meters, while the plan was fulfilled by 134%.

The implementation of the projects of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline and the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) power transmission line was discussed in Ashgabat by a visiting Afghan delegation headed by Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan Amir Khan Mottaki, the website of the Foreign Ministry reports. Turkmenistan.

On Thursday, January 13, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made a working trip to the Balkan region, during which he visited the Uzynada field and held a meeting on the further development of the oil industry in the region.

Turkmenistan has a high resource and industrial potential, as well as natural and technological capabilities to turn the country into a major producer and exporter of strategically important oil and gas products. The well-known Turkmen scientist, doctor of technical sciences and expert Allaberdy Ilyasov stated this in an analytical article.

In the near future, the Afghan side will sign the remaining seven agreements for the implementation of the project with partners in the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, the Afghan TV company TOLOnews reports, citing a statement from the Afghan Foreign Ministry.

Recently, the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan hosted a conference dedicated to the new poem of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov entitled «My homeland, Turkmenistan!», which became a wonderful gift for the entire Turkmen people for the new year 2022, held under the motto "Epoch of people with Arkadag".

Turkmenistan is ready to start exporting natural gas and electricity to Kazakhstan. This was stated by Vice-Chairman, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, speaking on January 11 at an extraordinary online meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Turkic States, at which the situation in Kazakhstan was discussed, the website of the foreign ministry of our country reports.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, 47 transactions were registered last week.

As part of a working visit to Tehran, the government delegation of Turkmenistan led by Vice-Chairman Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Vice-Chairman and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov was received on Sunday by Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

Representatives of the governments of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan expressed their readiness to continue cooperation in the construction of the TAPI gas pipeline and other infrastructure projects, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.