The international energy and commodity trading company Vitol (Netherlands) has signed an agreement with the Azerbaijan State Oil Company SOCAR to transport 1 million tons of Turkmen oil per year via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline since October 2021, Energy Diary reported.

In recent years, in cooperation with foreign organizations, about 15 billion US dollars of foreign investment has been attracted to the economy of Turkmenistan. Chairman of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs Rakhimberdy Dzhepbarov spoke about this in an interview with the official Turkmen press.

A government delegation headed by the President of Turkmenistan will soon pay an official visit to Uzbekistan, during which a package of cooperation documents will be signed. Preparations for the upcoming visit were discussed during a working meeting, held recently by the head of state via video link.

According to the results of seven months of this year, the amount of work performed on the management of «Turkmennebitgeophysics» of the State Concern «Turkmennebit» was more than 44 million manats. This result exceeds the planned figure for this period by 5.3 million manats.

Construction of onshore facilities for gas fields in the western block of the Bagtyyarlyk contract area has begun. It is being developed by the «Amu Darya» gas company of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in accordance with the Production Sharing Agreement, China Petroleum News, China Power News and other PRC media report.

In a letter to Emperor Naruhito of Japan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated him on the successful commissioning of a gas turbine power plant in the Lebap region of Turkmenistan, which became another symbol of successful constructive Turkmen-Japanese cooperation.

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

A new gas turbine power plant (GTPP) with a capacity of 432 MW was commissioned in the Lebap region of Turkmenistan. Its work will increase the volume of electricity supplies to the countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

The Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries (TCOR) has launched the production of aviation fuel for the An-2 aircraft, which are widely used in agriculture. Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shakhim Abdrakhmanov announced this at a government meeting last Friday.

Today, on September 4, in the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan, was held a conference on the tasks arising from the common lesson held by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on September 1 with students and students about the history, duty and responsibilities of the younger generation.

The Taliban movement that came to power in Afghanistan regards China as its main international partner, said a spokesman for the movement Zabiullah Mujahid, Interfax reported.

The issues of bilateral dialogue between Turkmenistan and the UAE on a wide range were discussed during negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, where a Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan B. Myatiev is on a visit since August 29.

On Thursday, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Ejim Kiyoshi, who arrived in the country on a working visit at the head of the Japanese delegation, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

The country's oil and gas industry is the main base for strengthening our economic independence, improving people's living standards, creating powerful, diversified manufacturing industries. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said it, speaking on September 1 in the capital's Congress Center, where he held a general lesson on the occasion of the Day of Knowledge and Student Youth and the beginning of the new academic year.

In connection with the current epidemiological situation in the world, in order to prevent seasonal viral infections, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Turkmenistan recommended to all organizations of the country, regardless of their form of ownership, temporarily to switch to a flexible working hours of employees.