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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy, national oil and gas company KazMunaiGas, gas transportation company KazTransGas and Shell Kazakhstan have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) which aims at joint assessment and possible implementation of a number of strategic initiatives in the country’s energy sector, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan said on September 6. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — South Korea’s KT Corporation and Uzbekistan’s national energy company Uzbekenergo are launching a pilot project to introduce an automated electricity metering control system in three regions of Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reports. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — Many tend to agree that the story of Kyrgyzstan in post-Soviet times is the most interesting, that of Tajikistan the most hopeless and that of Turkmenistan, “the world’s last aristocracy”, the most boring. What they have in common is historic evidence that the availability of local resources does not generate overall domestic prosperity, and that elite, clan and corruption all have their own agenda. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The UNDP/GEF project “Improving energy efficiency in the residential building sector of Turkmenistan” is carrying out a series of national trainings on energy management. The first three trainings were held in Mary, Turkmenabat and Dashoguz. The fourth training on energy management in Turkmenistan took place with participation of 15 representatives of the national agencies of communal services of Ashgabat and Ahal region in July 2016, UNDP in Turkmenistan reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — At the Extraordinary General Meeting on August 3, 75.7 percent of independent shareholders of Kazakhstan's lucrative energy firm, KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP), voted against selling their shares to the firm's parent company, national oil and gas company KazMunaiGas (KMG), KMG EP said on August 3. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on August 3 in Washington met with foreign ministers from the five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan as the United States tries to re-engage in a region dominated by Russia and China. Continue reading
