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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.

Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez said that increasing the capacity of the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP) is on the agenda. “We support the increase in capacity as a country. There are similar requirements from Europe. We hope that new capacity will be provided to Europe through TANAP.”

EU countries are interested in increasing natural gas imports through the Southern Gas Corridor (YGC) to prevent further jumps in blue fuel prices in the European market.

Tajikistan intends to expand the list of importers of liquefied gas. The Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Daler Juma, told reporters. According to him, now the main suppliers of fuel for Tajikistan are Russia and Kazakhstan.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan took part in an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States on the situation in Kazakhstan.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, after a working trip to Mary region, where he visited the Galkynysh gas field and held a working meeting on the development of the fuel and energy complex, went on Tuesday to Lebap, to the Malay field.

With the onset of 2022, Turkmenistan began swap supplies of natural gas under the agreement concluded with Iran and Azerbaijan, media sources of Iran report, citing Iranian Oil Minister Javad Ouji.

Representative of the Turkmengaz State Concern on the Board of Directors of TAPI Pipeline Company Ltd. Mukhammetmyrat Amanov and Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Khoja Ovezov met in Kabul with the Deputy Secretary of the IRA Security Council Ebadu

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