On New Year's Eve, drillers of the State Concern "Turkmengas" received an industrial influx of natural gas from appraisal well No. 2 at the Yylan field in the Mary region.

The Turkmen delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Industry and Construction Production of Turkmenistan took part in the 3rd Future Minerals Forum, held on January 9-11 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry signed memorandums of cooperation in the field of decarbonization with the governments of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

The Afghan Railways Department (ARA) reported that during the meeting of the head of this department with the Ambassador of Turkmenistan, an agreement was reached to provide the other side with land for the expansion of the joint railway.

Taking into account the need to intensify the transition to the use of renewable energy sources, Turkmenistan pays special attention to this area of the electricity industry.

The Indian State Oil and Gas Corporation (ONGC) has successfully started oil production as part of a deepwater asset in the Krishna Godavari basin offshore the country's east coast. This is reported by Asian News International (ANI), one of the largest news agencies in India and South Asia.

The Dubai company Dragon Oil will begin developing three promising fields near Cheleken within the framework of a memorandum signed between the company and the government of Turkmenistan. Previously, the company’s specialists carried out seismic exploration in these territories worth $35 million. The analysis showed that Block 19 is quite promising, Zawya reports.

In January-November 2023, the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan amounted to 738 million 966 thousand US dollars. This figure is quoted by the Azeri-Press Agency (APA), referring to the report of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan.

The most important result of the working visit of Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the United Arab Emirates was a number of documents signed on the second day of the Turkmen leader’s stay in the friendly country. Among them is a Memorandum of Understanding between the State Concern Turkmengaz and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).

The State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan and the largest bank in the UAE, First Abu Dhabi Bank/FAB, signed a cooperation agreement. The ceremony took place on Friday, January 5, within the framework of the working visit of Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the UAE at the head of the government delegation of Turkmenistan, it was reported in the news release of the Turkmen State Television.