Hill International US, international construction consulting company, has signed a contract with Technipetrol Hellas S.A, which is Greek affiliate of the French Technip company to provide project management support and risk management services during the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) company.

The low orbit satellite AzerSky could be used to monitor and thus ensure the safety of oil and gas pipelines, Azerbaijani satellite operator Azercosmos said on August 28.

The Caspian summit held on Sept. 29 in Astrakhan may have a positive effect on the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline project, which, despite all its attractiveness and desire of involved parties to implement it, hasn't moved forward thus far.

The Majlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan approved and unanimously adopted a draft law 'On trunk pipeline transport' at its regular meeting, the government of Turkmenistan reported.

The rules and conditions of the operations for protecting the exporting oil and gas pipelines will be posted on the website of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Industry and Energy to inform citizens, a statement posted on the ministry's website said.

The Azerbaijani parliament has ratified an agreement with Turkey on the transit of Azerbaijani gas through its territory and construction of an independent pipeline.

A new pipeline which will transport gas from the Caspian region will ensure supplies to Europe in the long term prospect, the international service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation swissinfo.ch reported with the reference to the spokesperson for the Swiss Federal Office of Energy Marianne Zünd.

Iraq and Jordan have agreed to build a new oil pipeline during Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's visit to Jordan, "Al Jazeera" TV channel reported on Tuesday.