U.S. and North Korean diplomats began talks Monday on Pyongyang's nuclear program, the second direct encounter between the two sides in less than three months.

• Date: 24.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from cbc.ca

Managing director of the National Iranian Gas Exports Company (NIGC) announced Iran's readiness to transit Turkmenistan's natural gas to Europe saying that foreign companies have confessed inefficiency of Nabucco Pipeline.

• Date: 24.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a resolution by approving the major directions of developing the industrial sector of the Mary region, an official Turkmen source said on Monday.

• Date: 24.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from smart-grid.tmcnet.com

One day after delivering a bizarre and inflammatory speech at the United Nations in New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his government is in discussions with Russia about constructing another nuclear power plant in Iran.

• Date: 21.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from ibtimes.com

By the latest estimates, Turkmenistan’s potential gas reserves are even larger than previously thought, encouraging the European Union to tap into this potential, and motivating Ashgabat to cooperate with Brussels and Baku on a trans-Caspian pipeline bound for Europe despite Moscow’s opposition.

• Date: 21.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from jamestown.org

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said he expects the 2009 gas contract between Russia and Ukraine to be revised "within a few days" after meeting with counterpart Vladimir Putin.

• Date: 20.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from anhourago.eu

Shifting its focus from mega ventures, the Jammu and Kashmir government will soon be constructing 10 small hydroelectric projects to generate and supply power faster to despairing consumers, without much transmission and distribution losses, authorities say.

• Date: 19.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from inewsone.com

Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry has released a statement criticizing Russia for its position on Turkmenistan's cooperation with the European Union.

• Date: 19.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org