Japan is offering Turkmenistan gas processing and helium production projects
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Turkmenistan Ambassador to Japan Atadurdy Bayramov met with the President of the Turkmen-Japanese Science and Technology Association, Hiroshima Koinuma, and representatives of Japanese companies and organizations working with the association, according to the Turkmenistan International Information Center.
The meeting discussed strengthening scientific and technological cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan, as well as introducing potential new Japanese companies and organizations to the Turkmen market.
In particular, the possibilities of a project proposed by a professor at Japan's Chubu University to convert natural gas into liquefied natural gas and then export it to global markets, as well as establishing helium production from liquefied natural gas, were discussed.
The parties also exchanged views on the planned implementation of water purification technologies and equipment in Turkmenistan by the Japanese company Tohkemy Corporation, a partner of the Oguz Khan University of Engineering and Technology of Turkmenistan under a Memorandum of Understanding signed on April 15, 2025, during the visit of the President of Turkmenistan to Japan.
The meeting also presented information on the services offered by the Japanese organization Asia Seed in human resource development in the education systems of Asian countries.
Transactions for the export of LNG and jet fuel were entered at exchange trading
On Monday, August 22, 12 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan for a total of $5.4 million, the ORIENT news agency reported.
It is planned to increase hydrocarbon production in Balkan region
In the Balkan region, a key region in the oil and gas sector of Turkmenistan, it is planned to increase natural gas production to 11 billion cubic meters per year by 2025. The head of the Department for Analysis of Economic Risks of the Agency for Protection from Economic Risks under the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, Hangeldi Gurbangeldiev, said this in a commentary for the official Turkmen press.
Modern Information and Analytical Center for sustainable energy development has been opened in Turkmenistan
Today, March 26, the grand opening of the Information and Analytical Center was held at the Natural Gas Research Institute of the State Concern "Turkmengas". The center is equipped with the latest IT equipment purchased with the support of the European Union project "Green Development of Turkmenistan: Policy Dialogue and Climate Action for 2024-2028", funded by the European Union and the German Foreign Ministry and implemented by GIZ.
Hero-Arkadag and Recep Erdogan noted the rapid development of bilateral cooperation
On Sunday, March 30, a telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Hero-Arkadag Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, TDH reports.
