Turkey is ready to initiate construction of the first line of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said. “We are open for construction of the first line of the Turkish Stream from standpoint of Turkey’s need for natural gas”, the Minister said. “Political decisions are in place to settle the…
Sumy, city in northeastern Ukraine, has received 850 energy efficient street lighting system lamps from UNDP for modernization of street lighting. Deputy Director of the UN Development Program Blerta Cela gave a certificate for handing over these devices to the Mayor Oleksandr Lysenko on July 27 at Sumy city council. “Sumy authorities are focusing now…
Governments of Uzbekistan and China began negotiations on a new gas deal. Negotiations are at an early stage, and it’s unclear whether it will be a long-term contract for several years or only for 2017. The question of the duration of the agreement is closely linked to the formula, based on which the price for…
Enterprises of Uzbekenergo supplied about 23 billion kW-h of electricity to the consumers in the first half of 2016, the press service of the company said. According to Uzbekenergo, the enterprises delivered 4 million Gcal of heating energy in the six months of 2016. In accordance with the decree of the President of Uzbekistan on…
Kazakhstan increased maximum allowed domestic wholesale prices for liquefied gas from 11,034 tenge per ton to 23,106 tenge per ton, Kazakh energy ministry reported. The ministry noted that some regions of the country had experienced liquefied gas deficit because suppliers preferred to sell this fuel to the neighboring countries where wholesale prices were much higher,…
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will additionally produce nearly 16,500 tons of oil annually through commissioning of a new well, said SOCAR in a message. The well was put into operation at the Gunashli offshore field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea after being overhauled. The Gunashli field plays an important role in…
Turkmenistan’s Turkmenoil state concern produced over 2.461 million tons of oil in H1 2016, said the message from the company. The plan for delivering crude oil to the main consumers has been fulfilled successfully, according to the message. Additionally, Turkmenoil divisions have produced over 3.312 billion cubic meters of gas from the subsoil. Around 166,000…