During a telephone conversation, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Iran Seyed Ebrahim Raisi discussed issues of developing cooperation in the fuel and energy complex, transport, agro-industrial complex and other spheres, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

Today, December 14, Turkmenistan celebrates the Day of Oil and Gas Industry and Geology Workers. On this occasion, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent a congratulatory message to the workers of the oil and gas industry of our country.

Last Sunday, Turkmenistan celebrated w the International Day of Neutrality and the 26th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Resolution on the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan.

On the eve of the Day of Neutrality of Turkmenistan, the second virtual exhibition of the economic achievements of our country was opened on Thursday. The exhibition is organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in partnership with ministries and departments, private enterprises of Turkmenistan.

The international rating agency Fitch Ratings has raised its forecasts for oil prices for the near future, follows from the December report of the Global Economic Outlook (GEO), Interfax reports.

Oil prices are rising on Thursday on new signals that the spread of the omicron COVID-19 strain will not have such serious consequences for the global economy as initially expected, Interfax reported.

The list of gas storage rooms operated by the «Lebapgazchykarysh» management of the State Concern «Turkmengas» has been replenished with the new Agarguyi field. Recently, two wells were drilled here, from which valuable hydrocarbon products were obtained.

Employees of the Gubadag Oil Enterprise of the Main Directorate of «Turkmennebitonumleri» for 11 months of this year have demonstrated effective results of their activities. After major reconstruction, a filling station No. 170 was put into operation, located in the eastern part of the Gubadag-Dashoguz highway.

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

On Monday, a reporting meeting was held in the Central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, at which the results of the work of the enterprises of the industry in January-November of the anniversary year, 2021, were discussed.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov approved the Program to reduce the impact on the economy of Turkmenistan of the crisis in the world economy and the stable development of the national economy for 2022. The corresponding decree was published in the media of our country.

The results of the work of the branches of the national economic complex of Turkmenistan for eleven months of this year were discussed at an expanded government meeting chaired by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov last Friday. Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shakhym Abdrakhmanov reported on the results of work in the oil and gas sector during the reporting period.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to take part in the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Republic's independence and the India-Central Asia Summit. This is stated in a letter from the Prime Minister of India addressed to the Turkmen leader, published on Friday in the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper.

Turkmenistan has the opportunity to start supplying natural gas to the European market until 2050. This was stated by the Ambassador of the European Union to Turkmenistan Diego Ruiz Alonso in an interview with the Turkmen news agency ORIENT.

Thanks to the introduction of advanced and innovative equipment, the oilmen of the «Galkynyshnebit» oil and gas production department of the State Concern Turkmennebit have reached a new high-quality level of work in the development of the Cheleken Peninsula subsoil, the subsoil of which contains large deposits of hydrocarbons.