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Kazakhstan intends to stop exporting its gas and start buying blue fuel from neighboring countries, including Turkmenistan, Kazakh media wrote.

In 2021, specialists from the Lebap Regional Department for Gas Production of the Turkmengas State Concern increased the production of blue fuel by 44% compared to 2020, writes the website of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan continues to rank first in the export of pipeline natural gas to China: in January-February 2022, China imported $1.44 billion from Turkmen gas (an increase of 1.47 times), according to statistics from the General Customs Administration of China.

In 2021, Turkmenistan has established the export of liquefied gas to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the official website of the country's oil and gas complex writes.

In the period from January to February 2022, China imported 4.67 million tons of natural gas from Central Asia, the specialized media of the People's Republic of China write, citing data from the customs authorities.

In 2021, China increased natural gas imports to 121.356 million tons, which is 19.9% more than in 2020, writes China Business News Network.

The sixth summit of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries takes place on February 20-22 in Doha under the patronage of the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

“We have always believed that the importance of the Southern Gas Corridor lies in the fact that it can be expanded and carry additional gas to Europe. We are open to all opportunities to increase gas supplies to Europe,” US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earl Litzenberger told representatives of local media on Wednesday, Trend reports.

In 2021, Turkmenistan produced the largest volume of natural gas in 30 years of independent development - 83 billion 772.9 million cubic meters. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy Complex Shahym Abdrakhmanov, reporting on the results of the past year in the oil and gas industries at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday.

Turkmenistan may increase swap supplies of natural gas to Azerbaijan through Iran, and negotiations on this topic are currently underway between representatives of the relevant departments. Azerbaijani Ambassador to Tehran Ali Alizade told about this in an interview with Iranian media, Interfax reports.