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• Turkmenistan Looks To Boost Electricity Exports

  Published 03 March 2018 | viewed 15,127 times

  With all the fanfare that accompanied the recent start to work on the Afghanistan section of TAPI – the pipeline that Turkmenistan hopes will one day pump…

• Uzbekistan Races To Boost Energy Production

  Published 11 February 2018 | viewed 14,050 times

  Since the soil beneath Uzbekistan is brimming with oil and gas riches, the president asked indignantly at a recent government meeting, why are the people…

• Ambitious TAPI Pipeline Grows Closer To Completion

  Published 10 February 2018 | viewed 16,223 times

  It is the natural gas pipeline project that many have long said could never happen. But the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline, or TAPI for short, is taking…

• Work Resumes On Troubled Turkmenistan-China Pipeline

  Published 04 February 2018 | viewed 14,689 times

  Work has resumed in Tajikistan on construction work on a natural gas pipeline running from Turkmenistan to China. Deputy Energy and Water Resources Minister Jamshed…

• Tajikistan’s Newest Hydropower Project

  Published 03 February 2018 | viewed 11,956 times

  The first turbines at Tajikistan’s Roghun hydropower plant are set to go into operation on November 16 — a date chosen to coincide with a…

• Russia Takes Action To Clean Up Soviet Era Nuclear Waste

  Published 02 December 2017 | viewed 16,700 times

  Confronting one of the most hazardous environmental legacies of the Soviet era, Russian authorities are taking steps to clean up a decades-old problem posed by…

• Uzbekistan, Tajikistan Set To Rekindle Energy Ties

  Published 12 November 2017 | viewed 11,449 times

  In the latest heartening indication of improving energy cooperation in Central Asia, Uzbekistan is pledging to reintegrate its electricity grid with that of Tajikistan. Efforts…

• Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Strengthen Energy Relations

  Published 08 November 2017 | viewed 4,895 times

  A source at a state-run natural gas company in Tajikistan has told media that they are finalizing negotiations to resume the import of gas from…

• Controversial Azeri Pipeline Receives $500M Funding

  Published 21 October 2017 | viewed 13,931 times

  The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development’s board on October 18 approved $500 million in funding for the Azerbaijan-led TANAP pipeline, which will facilitate the…

• With A World Awash In Oil, Kazakhstan Faces Fuel Crisis

  Published 14 October 2017 | viewed 13,515 times

  Kazakhstan, a nation rich in hydrocarbons, is grappling with a gasoline shortage that has enveloped the entire country, including the capital, Astana, and the southern…

• The Mysterious Company Behind Kyrgyzstan's Hydro Disaster

  Published 19 September 2017 | viewed 31,669 times

  It is back to square one for Kyrgyzstan, as the Central Asian state strives to build a giant hydropower plant. Representatives of a little-known entity…

• BP And Azerbaijan Lock In Caspian Sea Oil Deal

  Published 16 September 2017 | viewed 17,865 times

  The government of Azerbaijan signed a new production sharing agreement (PSA) with the consortium operating the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli oil field in the Caspian. The new deal gives Baku…

• Iran To Become Essential Hub In China’s Belt And Road Initiative

  Published 09 September 2017 | viewed 23,392 times

  China’s strategic interest in Iran is intensifying. Chinese manufacturers are looking to establish new operations in Iran, and Tehran is viewed as a vital transport…

• Kyrgyzstan Unveils Revamped Transnational Gas Pipeline

  Published 02 September 2017 | viewed 13,601 times

  In a ceremony in Bishkek, top government officials in Kyrgyzstan and the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, this week oversaw the launch…

• Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Aim To Solidify Energy Partnership

  Published 12 August 2017 | viewed 8,807 times

  Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have declared themselves strategic partners as the two sides try to cooperate on shipping energy to Europe while still in conflict over…

• Did Kyrgyzstan Get Sold A Hydropower Pup?

  Published 22 July 2017 | viewed 7,071 times

  Barely a week passed after Kyrgyzstan triumphantly declared it had struck a deal with an international company willing to take up one of its ambitious…

• Kyrgyzstan Seeks Funding For Ambitious Hydropower Project

  Published 15 July 2017 | viewed 7,561 times

  Kyrgyzstan has signed a deal with a Czech company specializing in renewable energy to take over a hydropower project that the government sees as key…

• Kazakhstan Bows Out Of OPEC Deal

  Published 11 July 2017 | viewed 22,662 times

  Kazakhstan is, as expected, bracing to drift away from its role in the OPEC oil production cap in the coming two months. Energy Minister Kanat…

• The Future Of Central Asia’s Unified Power Grid

  Published 01 July 2017 | viewed 12,258 times

  Brutal winter weather in the late 2000s delivered a knockout blow to Central Asia’s unified power grid. Now, almost a decade later, tentative efforts are…

• Kazakhstan Boosts Production Despite OPEC Pledge

  Published 03 June 2017 | viewed 10,233 times

  Kazakhstan’s energy officials are continuing to officially confirm to the public what is already widely known by now — that they have no intention to…