At the extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers on January 26 dedicated to the outcomes of 2017, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that during the realization of the objectives on diversification of fuel and energy complex, the utmost attention should be paid the consolidation of Turkmenistan positions in the world’s energy markets, to the satisfaction of growing internal requirements on energy carriers, to the increment of the production volumes received from oil and gas processing....

On February 5, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Turkmenistan Mr. Azar Abul Hasan Khan. At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India presented copies of his credentials. Noting the high level of political and diplomatic interaction, the sides discussed the possibilities for further expansion of cooperatio...

The first anniversary of the CYST was dedicated to a meeting in the Academy of Sciences with the participation of leading scientists, leaders and members of the Center and its units operating at higher educational institutions and sectoral research institutes, as well as representatives of the Mahtumkuli Youth Organization.  The results of the work were discussed at the meeting and approved the regulations on the scientific school at the Center for Young Scientists and the plan of measures of...

Our sportsmen won two bronze medals at the 8th Indoor Field and Track Asian Championship in Iran (the Islamic Republic of Iran).  Final day of the competition was productive for our athletes. Second grade student of National Institute of Sports and Tourism I. Velikhanova contested in pentathlon for Turkmenistan.  After four disciplines (60 m hurdles, high jump, shot put and long jump), our sportswoman was the fourth losing to the athlete from Kazakhstan. However, the win in final 800 meter...

Maintenance teams of the Overhaul Department of the Nebitgazchikarysh Trust, which is the part of the State Concern Turkmenneft, provide uninterrupted work of the oil wells and increment of the hydrocarbon production. Just for the last year, the maintenance teams restored 605 wells against 475 planned. As a result, additional 700 thousand tons of crude oil, which exceed planned indicators on 300 thousand tons, were produced.  The Nebitgazchikarysh Trust was founded on the base of Barsagelmes,...

Commissioning works of two 262 MW gas turbines commenced at combined cycle gas turbine power station, which is under construction in Mary State Powerstation.  New high technology installation of two energy blocks with total output capacity of 1574 MW will be put into operation this year for the first time in the history of the country and Central Asian region. The power station will operate 4 gas turbines, 4 utility vessel and 2 steam turbines. According to the contract, the facility is to be...

The Great Silk Road does not cease to excite the imagination of researchers, writers and artists as a prototype of modern trans-Eurasian trade-economic and cultural bridges with its uniqueness. The works of painters, who, describing the bright events of history, evidence this, themselves become virtual participants in fascinating travels across countries and continents. They help the viewer feel the greatness of that time having captured his attention.  An exhibition of paintings by Turkmen a...