Turkmenistan
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Tehran-Ashgabat Deal Turning Iran Into a Gas Hub
SHANA (Tehran) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called the Tehran and Ashgabat gas agreement a strategic measure that turns Iran into a regional gas hub.
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Iran, Turkmenistan Ready to Join Hands on Gas Industry
SHANA (Tehran) - Deputy Chairman of the Turkmengas State Concern Murad Archaev on Saturday highlighted the importance of bilateral cooperation with Iran in the gas industry, saying that the export of techno-engineering services as well as gas swap as two important topics in the field collaboration.
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Iran’s oil minister, Turkmen president discuss further cooperation
SHANA (Tehran) – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and high-ranking officials held talks on the expansion of bilateral cooperation in Ashgabat on Thursday.
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NIGC: Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan in talks to resume gas swap
SHANA (Tehran) – Turkmenistan and the Republic of Azerbaijan are holding a discussion about the resumption of gas swap, said the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) on Saturday.
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Iran says ready to promote cooperation with Turkmenistan in gas sector
SHANA (Tehran) – President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi voiced Iran’s readiness to promote cooperation with Turkmenistan in gas and electricity sectors.
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MP: Tehran-Ashgabat gas cooperation could turn Iran into region’s energy hub
SHANA (Tehran) – Tehran-Ashgabat cooperation in the gas sector could turn Iran into an energy hub in the region, said a lawmaker on Monday.
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Expert: Iran moving toward turning into gas hub in Middle East
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran is moving toward turning into a gas hub in the Middle East by resuming imports from Turkmenistan, said an energy market expert on Saturday.
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IIES chief: Iran most reliable market for Turkmen gas
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran is the most reliable market for Turkmenistan’s gas, said the head of Iran’s Institute for International Energy Studies (IIES) on Thursday.
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Owji: Iran’s gas debt to Turkmenistan paid
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji on Wednesday said his country’s gas debt to Turkmenistan has been cleared.
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Raeisi: Iran, Turkmenistan have great capacities for promoting energy cooperation
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s president on Tuesday said his country and Turkmenistan have great capacities for promoting their cooperation in the fields of energy, transport, transit and customs affairs, agriculture, and science and technology.
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Iran, Turkmenistan sign five cooperation documents
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran and Turkmenistan here on Tuesday signed five documents to boost their cooperation in different fields.
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Oil minister: Iran to start importing Turkmen gas in June
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s oil minister on Tuesday said a gas contract will be signed with Turkmenistan soon and imports will begin in June.
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Iran's NIGC official: Talks on gas imports from Turkmenistan held
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran has negotiated with Turkmenistan to import gas from the neighboring country, the director of the integrated planning at the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said here on Friday.
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NIGC head: Iran’s annual gas swap up 358%
SHANA (Tehran) – The amount of gas Iran swapped in the previous year of 1401, which ended on March 20, 2023, witnessed a 358 percent hike when compared with that of a year earlier, said the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) managing director Saturday.
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Iran, Turkmenistan Discuss Energy Deals
TEHRAN (Shana) -- The Iranian delegation attended separate meetings with the managers of Turkmengas, Turkmenneft and Turkmenchemistry companies on the second day of Iran's exclusive exhibition in Turkmenistan.
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Owji Receives Deputy Chairman of Turkmenistan Cabinet of Ministers of Oil, Gas
TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji met with Shahin Abdul Rahmanov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet for Oil and Gas Affairs of Turkmenistan, in Tehran on Tuesday, June 14.
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Turkmenistan Seeking more Gas Swap to Azerbaijan, Neighboring Countries
TEHRAN (Shana) – The Iranian Minister of Petroleum said: "In a meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet for Oil and Gas Affairs of Turkmenistan, the other side asked us to increase gas swaps to Azerbaijan and other neighboring countries, to which we announced our readiness."
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Energy Diplomacy from Neighboring Countries to Latin America
TEHRAN (Shana) -- Energy diplomacy in the 13th administration is going through novel days. While it is less than a year old, the administration of President Raisi has seen major developments in the energy arena.
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Tehran-Baku-Ashgabat Gas Deal, a First Step
TEHRAN (Shana) -- Although US sanctions keep putting a strain on Iran’s petroleum industry by blocking all channels of foreign investment, a recent three-nation gas swap agreement between Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan on the sidelines of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) showed that Iran has activated its gas diplomacy, as promised earlier by Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji.
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Gas Swap Deal Curbs Iran Sanctionability: Expert
TEHRAN (Shana) – An economist says that the Turkmen gas swap agreement with Azerbaijan from Iran would reduce Iran's ability to be targeted by sanctions.
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Gas Swap Deal Marks End of Energy Diplomacy Stalemate with Neighbors: MP
TEHRAN (Shana) -- A member of the Energy Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly said that the gas swap between Iran, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan shows the strong will of the Ministry of Petroleum in economic and energy diplomacy.
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MOP Boosting Iran Leverage in Vienna Talks
TEHRAN (Shana) -- The caretaker of the Institute for International Energy Studies believes that the signing of the Turkmen gas swap agreement with Azerbaijan from Iran will increase the power of the latter’s diplomacy in the Vienna talks.
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Gas Swaps of Iran, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan Helpful to Stabilize Gas Network: NIGC
TEHRAN (Shana) -- The CEO of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) underlined the economic importance of the gas swap between Iran, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, and said: "This agreement will help stabilize the gas network in the north and northeast of Iran."
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Transit, Gas Dispute with Turkmenistan Resolved: Raisi
TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said: “The highlight of the meeting with the President of Turkmenistan was the development of economic relations and settlement of the transit and gas dispute, which was resolved.”
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Three-Way Gas Swap Contract to Be Operational by Winter: Owji
TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji announced the implementation of the tripartite gas swap agreement from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan through Iran as of the beginning of winter.
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Iran, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan Strike Gas Swap Deal
TEHRAN (Shana) – A three-way agreement on gas swaps from Turkmenistan to the Republic of Azerbaijan from the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran was signed in the presence of the Presidents of the Republic of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan on Sunday.
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Owji Receives Turkmen FM
TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji hosted a meeting with a Turkmen delegation headed by Rashi Muradov, Turkmen Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Tehran on Tuesday, October 26, 2021.
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Iran Determined to Settle Gas Debt to Turkmenistan
TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji voiced Iran’s determination to pay the gas debt to Turkmenistan.
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Iran, Turkmenistan Agree to Resolve Gas Dispute
TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Turkmen opposite number agreed to resolve the natural gas dispute between the two countries.
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Iran Eyes 3.5 mbd Refining Capacity by 2026
TEHRAN (Shana) -- Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji said plans are under way to bring the country’s refining capacity to 3.5 million barrels per day from currently 2.2 mbd within the next 4 to 5 years.