Turkey has announced a tender among companies importing electricity in the country to increase the electricity supply from Iran by existing available electric power facilities, the statement published on the website of Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) said.

• Date: 16.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from topnews.az

A top Iranian official says the country's oil exports have been slashed 40 percent in the past nine months by Western sanctions.

• Date: 08.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 08.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

Russia has concluded a challenging 2012 in India with three deals involving additional fighter aircraft and helicopters.

• Date: 31.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 31.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from flightglobal.com

India's pet project to link south with central Asia got support from Russian president Vladimir Putin. During their talks in New Delhi last week, Singh and Putin agreed to unfreeze the north-south corridor through Iran within the next year. India has taken the lead role in pushing for the completion of this project.

• Date: 31.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 31.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from pakistanaffairs.pk

Pakistani hardline party Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) chief Azad Kashmir Abdur Rasheed Turrabi has said the discussions between Pakistan and India would not be proved fruitful until the latter took serious steps towards resolution of Kashmir issue.

• Date: 31.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 31.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from yahoo.com

Around 135,000 tons of liquefied gas has been extracted and supplied to consumers in Turkmenistan since early 2012. The main volume is intended for export, the Turkmen Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said on Thursday.

• Date: 29.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from oananews.org

The construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad, also known as the Iron Silk Road, is expected to be completed in 2013. The railway, which is planned to have an initial yearly carrying capacity of 1.5 million passengers and 3 million tons of cargo, will pave the way for Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia to achieve better economic integration.

• Date: 29.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

Ukraine's national oil and gas stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy has signed an agreement with China Development Bank Corporation for $3.656 billion under state guarantee for projects involving the replacement of gas with coal, Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Boiko's press service announced Tuesday evening.

• Date: 29.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com