Turkmenistan Opens Gas Pumping Station With Eye On China
January 18th, 2021
Via Oil and Gas Daily, an article on Turkmenistan opening a gas pumping station with an eye on China: Turkmenistan on Friday opened a gas compressor station it hopes will help boost natural gas supplies to China and elsewhere. Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said this week during a meeting with China’s ambassador that the new pumping […]
Read more »‘Digital Silk Road’ On Track As Afghanistan and Turkmenistan Connect
January 15th, 2021
Via Ariana News Afghanistan, a report on the Digital Silk Road: Thursday marked another milestone in Afghanistan’s modern history when President Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the new fiber optic connection between Turkmenistan and the commercial port of Aqina in Afghanistan’s Faryab province. Within four months of having signed the memorandum of understanding with government the Afghan […]
Read more »Turkmenistan, Afghanistan Open New Rail and Power Links
January 14th, 2021
Via The Frontier Post, an article on new rail and power links between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan: Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have inaugurated new transport, power and communications links, Turkmenistan said Thursday, as the ex-Soviet republic touts its role rebuilding Afghanistan’s conflict-torn economy. A trio of Turkmen foreign ministry statements said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Turkmen leader Gurbanguly […]
Read more »TAT Railway Project: A Road That Was Never Built
September 23rd, 2020
Via Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, a look at theTurkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) railway project: The fate of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) railway is still unclear, although in terms of importance this project can compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative. For Tajikistan, the main goal of the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) railway is an alternative […]
Read more »Pandemic Slows Central Asia’s Gas Exports to China
September 9th, 2020
Via The Diplomat, an article on COVID’s impact on exports of natural gas from Central Asia to China: Natural gas exports from the Central Asian republics began to see major drops as a result of the global economic slowdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. China, the main buyer of natural gas from Kazakhstan, […]
Read more »Iran Welcomes Gas Trade With Turkmenistan
August 31st, 2020
Via MEHR News, a report on Iran’s willingness to resume gas trades with Turkmenistan: The head of the National Iranian Gas Company Hassan Montazer Torbati expressed Iran’s willingness to resume gas trade with Turkmenistan. “During the ICA ruling we expressed our interest to continue the import of Turkmenistan’s gas,” Montazar Torbati said on Monday on […]
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