On Wednesday, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa held talks in Manama, as TDH reports.

The first production well in 2023, No. 1.321, was built by the subsoil miners of the Nebitdag Drilling Department «Nebitdagburavish» of the State Concern «Turkmennebit» and handed over to the oil and gas production department fishers for subsequent development, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.

Today, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov will meet with the King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, TDH reports. The head of the Turkmen state arrived on an official visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain the evening before.

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

Liquefied gas supplied from Turkmenistan on a gratuitous basis in Uzbekistan began to be distributed to low-income residents. This was reported to Gazeta.uz with reference to the press service of the Khududgaztaminot company.

Priority areas of bilateral cooperation were discussed during the meeting of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov with Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Minister for the Office of the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, TDH reports.

Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Ashirguly Begliev reported on the ongoing work to improve the oil refining industry of our country at a government meeting held by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on a digital system last Friday.

The state and prospects of the Turkmen-Austrian partnership were discussed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Federal Minister for European and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria Alexander Schallenberg during a meeting held on Thursday in the format of a videoconference. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Iran has offered to transport Turkmen and Russian gas to consumers in any direction, including South Asia. This was stated by the head of the Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company (IGEDC) Reza Novshadi, according to the News Central Asia (nCa) news service.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, at a meeting with Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Board of the Russian company Gazprom, noted that there are good prospects for further deepening bilateral cooperation. It is reported by TDH.

The possibilities of expanding cooperation in the fields of energy, transport and transit were discussed at a meeting between Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov and an Iranian delegation headed by Minister of Cooperation, Labor and Social Security Soulat Mortazavi. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

In the Central Building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, a reporting meeting devoted to the results of the work done in 2022, proclaimed the year “The Era of the People with Arkadag”, was held. The meeting also discussed the tasks set before the oil and gas industry by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at an extended sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers on the results of the country’s socioeconomic development in 2022.

Argus International Pricing Agency will hold the International Conference “Argus Oil Market 2023. Caspian and Central Asia”, which will be held on March 16-17 in Dubai (United Arab Emirates).

On Monday, February 13, at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, 8 transactions were concluded for a total of 94.1 million US dollars, ORIENT reports.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a resolution approving the Program for the socio-economic development of the country in 2023. This document was signed by the head of state during an expanded government meeting last Friday.