Azerbaijan and Turkey have started work on a trans-Anatolian pipeline project to carry Azeri gas across Turkey, the president of Azeri state energy company SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said on Thursday.

• November 17, 2011

Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Massimov discussed bilateral cooperation with the Heads of diplomatic missions of Italy, Germany and the U.S. accredited in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Prime Minister's press-service reported.

• November 16, 2011

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday denied pressuring Australia to reverse a ban on selling uranium to India but said he would "watch with interest" how the issue played out.

• November 16, 2011

Since the December 1991 collapse of the USSR, one of the most exciting developments for the international energy community has been the rise of oil exports from the Caspian region.

• November 15, 2011

If the gas industry bosses in Russia are to be believed, we're entering a new golden age for the 'blue fuel' as it's called. It will be a win-win situation for Russia as consumption is expected to show double digit growth.

• November 15, 2011

The UN atomic watchdog's damning new report on Iran's nuclear programme has set the stage for a diplomatic showdown at IAEA headquarters this week, pitting Russia and China against Western powers.

• November 15, 2011

“Russia joined the WTO and now does not need goods from Kyrgyzstan,” the Dordoi Trade Union member Ismat Shamiyev stated at today’s conference “Employment in the KRG: problems and political choice”.

• November 11, 2011

Kazakhstan is looking at widening participation in its privatisation programme to international investors, the deputy chief executive of the country's sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna said on Thursday.

• November 10, 2011