The Government of Turkmenistan and the European Union are preparing a high–level meeting that will be devoted to strengthening cooperation in the environmental sphere - reducing methane emissions, using the possibilities of hydrogen and "Green Transition". 

Climate change is no longer a problem for the future - it is a problem "now", said Dmitry Shlapachenko, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, at the OGT 2022 meeting on innovative technologies and know-how in the field of hydrocarbon production and emission reduction.

The new edition of the annual oil and gas forum of Turkmenistan – OGT 2022 – is published under the title "Environmental aspects of hydrocarbon resources extraction". 

Last week, 30 deals totaling $83 million and 15 million Turkmen manats were concluded at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.

1.5 billion cubic meters of gas will be sent from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan via Iran. According to Azerbaijani media, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Ovji said this on the first day of the conference within the framework of the Baku Energy Forum.

The relevance of the implementation of the project for transporting Turkmen gas from Iran to Azerbaijan was emphasized during the talks by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev and Minister of Oil of the Islamic Republic of Iran Javad Ovji. This was reported by the AZERTAC news agency with reference to the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan.

Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Abbas Badakhshan Zohuri considers it possible that a new cooperation between Iran and Armenia will start in the near future in the form of a gas swap. This is reported by "Armenpress" agency.

On Friday, Mary hosted an international conference on the construction of the TAPI gas pipeline (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) and the impact of the project on the socio-economic development of the region, the organizers told ORIENT.

Charge d'affaires of Georgia in Turkmenistan Avtandil Napetvaridze said that Turkmenistan has become one of the main suppliers of petroleum products for Georgia. An article by a Georgian diplomat dedicated to the 31st anniversary of the restoration of Georgian statehood was published in the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper.

Turkmenistan in January-April 2022 increased natural gas exports to China by 1.53 times in monetary terms compared to the same period in 2021, TASS writes with reference to the Main Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China.