January 2, 2023 is declared a non-working day in Turkmenistan. The corresponding Decree of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov was published in the central media of the country.

British oil and gas corporation BP has been criticized for planning to spend twice as much on oil and gas projects as it does on renewable energy investments next year. This is reported by The Guardian newspaper.

Russia is discussing the growth of gas supplies for the domestic markets of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan against the backdrop of an increase in their consumption of this type of fuel. This was stated in an interview with TASS by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan on Monday, December 26, a businessman from Afghanistan purchased 1.7 thousand tons of hydrotreated diesel fuel. This was reported on the organization's website.

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

The international conference and international exhibition «Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan – 2023» will be held on October 25-27 next year.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey’s natural gas reserves in the Black Sea are 710 billion cubic meters, Interfax reports citing the Anadolu agency.

Last Monday, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov paid a working visit to the Russian Federation, where he took part in the informal Summit of the leaders of the CIS countries, annually held in St. Petersburg at the end of the year, TDH reports.

The delegation of Turkmenistan, which paid a working visit to Tokyo to participate in the 9th meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Dialogue «Central Asia + Japan», last Friday took part in a six-sided meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and also held a number of bilateral negotiations. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Issues of production and distribution of petroleum products, as well as strengthening the material and technical base of the oil refining industry were discussed during a government meeting, which President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held via a digital system last Friday.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan on Wednesday, December 21, 19 transactions were concluded for a total of $15.7 million, Orient.news reports.

A package of documents between the state departments of Turkmenistan and Japanese companies in the field of gas industry, chemical industry, transport and water management was signed following the results of the 14th joint meeting of the Turkmen-Japanese and Japanese-Turkmen committees for economic cooperation. Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

The new administrative center of the Akhal region received the status of a city and will be called Arkadag. The Mejlis of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan adopted a corresponding resolution on this.

Last Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed with the President of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. Tatsuya Watanabe the main areas of cooperation and ways to improve the effectiveness of interaction. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.

The day before, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the head of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Nobumitsu Hayashi in Tokyo. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.