Turkmenistan-China natual gas pipeline to go into operation on schedule: president ALMATY, Sept.

ASHGABAT. Sept 13 (Interfax) - Turkmenistan will expand geological prospecting operations inside the country and increase oil and gas production in the period up to 2030.

Excerpt from Oraz Ahmet's report by Turkmen opposition website chrono-tm.org on 9 September There is again a commotion in Turkmenistan over grain, flour and bread supplies.

BAKU. Sept 9 (Interfax) - The United States backs the development of cooperation with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, U.S. Department of State Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Boyden Gray said.

Excerpt from report by Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS Asgabat, 29 August: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan and the president of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Hu Jintao, have agreed to increase the throughput capacity of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline currently under construction.