Turkmenistan will send a batch of liquefied gas to Uzbekistan free of charge, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.
According to the information, this order was signed by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov in order to support the neighboring country and further strengthen the partnership between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Azerbaijan will become an important green energy and hydrogen supplier to Europe in the near future, said Azerbaijan’s energy minister Parviz Shahbazov, Trend reports.
He was addressing the ministerial meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council held in Baku Feb.3.
Parviz Shahbazov said that the Green Energy Advisory Council, along with the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council, proves that along with natural gas, green energy is a priority for Azerbaijan.
Amid global economic instability, Azerbaijan’s mitigating role in energy crisis is rapidly increasing. With Azerbaijan and the EU agreeing on doubling the supplies of Azerbaijani gas by 2027, the country’s gas exports to Europe are expected to be 20 bcm, while this year at least 11.6 bcm is planned to be supplied. Moreover, Azerbaijan’s total gas exports this year are expected at 24 bcm.
Around 4.875 million megawatt hours were transported through the Greece-Bulgaria gas pipeline (IGB) for the period October 1 - December 31, 2022, the ICGB, the pipeline operator, told Trend.
“In December, just months after the pipeline entered commercial operation, IGB’s capacity reached over 94 percent booking rate. By the end of 2022, there are 11 registered users of the interconnector,” said the company.
Prof. Teodor Detchev, Higher School of Security and Economics, head of "Blacksea Caspia" in "The World is Business", 04.01.2023
Since the launch of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), more than 19.4 billion cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas have been transported to Europe, Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov, Trend.az reports via his Twitter publication.
(https://mobile.twitter.com/ParvizShahbazov/status/1609105913272483841 )
He noted that today, December 31, marks two years since the start of gas supplies from Azerbaijan via TAP.
US is exploring potential ways to support bringing Turkmen gas to Azerbaijan, said the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, Trend reports.
She made the remarks at the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber on “U.S. Policy Towards the Caucasus”.
Today, December 14, 2022, the highest-level meeting "Azerbaijan - Turkey - Turkmenistan" will take place in the Turkmen city of Avaza. Within the framework of the meeting at the highest level, it is planned to discuss the steps to further deepen the cooperation between the three countries in the spheres of trade, energy and transport.
Activities for the implementation of the stages specified in the Construction Permit for the Greece-Bulgaria Interconnector are progressing and are being implemented by the Greek construction company AVAX.
These activities do not interfere with the independent functioning of the gas pipeline, which is why the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works MRDPW approved their separation into separate stages of construction.
Europe relies on natural gas supplies from Azerbaijan.
This was stated by the ex-president of the Republic of Bulgaria, Petar Stoyanov, in "Trend" on November 17, 2022.
"Azerbaijan will play a very important role as Europe's energy partner, especially when we are facing the current energy crisis. Not only Bulgaria, but also all of Europe rely on the future energy cooperation with Azerbaijan," said Petar Stoyanov.
