Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and his government just cannot seem to get a break lately. Not that they necessarily deserve it. But all the same, Turkmenistan's last realistic hope ...

Why it's incredible: The entire gas crater has been on fire for more than 50 years. The "Gates of Hell," also known as the Darvaza gas crater after a nearby village, is a methane- and fire-filled ...

In a recent analysis for Politis, energy investor and regional expert Igor Makarov argues that while liquefied natural gas ...

Turkmenistan’s authoritarian president has called for the end of one of the country’s most iconic sights – a flaming natural gas pit in the desert known as the Gates of Hell. The crater in the village ...

Turkmenistan has doubled down on its energy ties with Russia. Gas-rich Turkmenistan is one of the few countries that has the potential to send gas to the European Union but is instead being pulled ...

Ashgabat can play a key role in facilitating the energy security of Iran and others. Energy trade between Iran and Turkmenistan has grown in recent years. Tehran cannot begin importing larger ...

Lit in 1971 to burn for weeks, Turkmenistan’s “Door to Hell” has blazed for over 50 years. Now fading, the fiery crater still hides mysteries beneath its flames and desert myths.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan have signed a gas swap deal for up to 2 billion cubic metres (bcm) per year, ...

At a time when gas-rich Turkmenistan could be pushing to diversify its export paths, it is instead allowing itself to be pulled back into Moscow’s energy orbit, experts say. Russia is no longer the ...

For Turkmenistan and its ambitions to export its vast natural gas reserves westward, Iran is a tantalizing but also potentially cheap, and quick, Plan B. Relying on a partner like Tehran, however, ...

There is fiddling while Rome burns. And then there is what Turkmenistan does. On May 11, the Foreign Ministry held a baffling roundtable devoted to the promotion of the green economy. Government ...