A new tank farm for the storage of gasoline, sweetened diesel fraction and liquefied gas is planned to be built on the territory of the Akhal plant for the production of gasoline from natural gas in Turkmenistan. This is provided for by the international tender, which was announced by the State Concern "Turkmenchemistry", the newspaper "Neutral Turkmenistan" reports today.

At the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan on Monday, July 18, 48 transactions were concluded for a total of $25.5 million and 32 million Turkmen manats, Orient reports.

The Seydi oil refinery is consistently increasing the output of oil products and increasing the volume of export deliveries. Over the past period of the year, passing under the motto "Epoch of people with Arkadag", a batch of high-quality road bitumen in the amount of 1300 tons was sent from the enterprise to Uzbekistan.

The seaport of Turkmenbashi in 2021 increased the volume of cargo transportation by 28% compared to 2019. This was announced by the Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva, Atageldy Khaljanov, speaking at the conference "International transport and transit corridors: interconnection and development" that opened on Monday in Ashgabat.

Turkmenistan has made changes and additions to the volume of oil products for 2022 for domestic consumers, approved by the document of the head of state dated January 21 this year.

New national ships and the modern International Seaport built in the city of Turkmenbashi made it possible to establish stable supplies of Turkmen oil products abroad. This was stated by the Chairman of the Agency "Turkmendenizderyayollary" Agamurad Hayitmuradov at the conference "International transport and transit corridors: interconnection and development", which opened today in Ashgabat.

The gas economic organization "Bayramalyshahergas" of the department "Marygazupjunchilik" has started to implement a set of organizational and technical measures, the implementation of which is aimed at ensuring reliable and safe operation of the gas facilities in the coming autumn-winter period.

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

Next Monday, Ashgabat will host an international conference dedicated to the restoration of transport and transit corridors to strengthen regional and interregional interconnections and development. More than 400 delegates have registered to participate in the conference, according to a press release from Turkmen Forum, which is the co-organizer of the forum.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov is on a two-day state visit to Uzbekistan on July 14-15 at the invitation of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports. On Thursday, top-level talks were held in narrow and expanded formats with the participation of government delegations of the two countries.

In recent years, the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan has grown 5 times, reaching $902 million last year. This was stated by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev following a meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Tashkent, according to the video of the information program "Watan" of the Turkmen television.

On Wednesday, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov discussed cooperation in the energy sector, which is a strategic sector of the economies of both countries, with UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suheil Al-Mazrui.

Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shakhym Abdrakhmanov reported on the ongoing measures to develop the promising Uzynada area in the Balkan region and expand its borders at a government meeting last Wednesday.

From January 1, 2023, salaries, pensions and state benefits will be increased by 10% in Turkmenistan. The corresponding decree was signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

The leadership corps of Turkmenistan will be granted a vacation from August 1 to September 1. This decision was announced by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov at an extended meeting of the government last Friday, at which the results of the country's socio-economic development for the first half of the year were summed up.