Kazakhstan is ready to start exporting domestic gasoline in the near future, Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev said at the reporting meeting with the public.

The State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) of Armenia investigates the reasons for the rise in gasoline price in the country.

In the 1Q2019, about 350,000 tons of gasoline were produced in Azerbaijan, David Mammadov, SOCAR vice-president for refining, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on “Oil Refining and Petrochemistry of the Caspian Sea and Central Asia - Conjuncture, Projects Implementation, Technical Solutions” in Baku, Trend reports.

Kazakhstan imposed a ban on the import of gasoline from Russia by rail. The order was signed by the Kazakh Minister of Energy, Kanat Bozumbayev, according to the ministry's website.

Iran intends to become one of the largest exporters of gasoline in the region and in the world and has taken another important step to achieve this goal.

Kazakhstan has the cheapest gasoline among 33 countries of the world, RIA Novosti reported.

Kazakhstan will be provided with its own gasoline and diesel fuel from this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Yerbolat Dossayev.

Analytical publication Global Petrol Prices (U.S.) has published a ranking of countries based on the prices for gasoline.

Kazakhstan is starting preliminary negotiations with Uzbekneftegaz on gasoline supplies from Kazakh oil refineries to Uzbekistan, Kazakh Minister of Energy reports.

Turkmenistan is focused on diversifying the oil and gas sector, expanding its infrastructure by creating new modern plants, Trend reports with reference to a public appeal by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the employees of the oil and gas industry and the geology of the country on the occasion of their professional holiday