KENDERLY, Kazakhstan, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Turkmenistan has a vibrant future ahead for its role in the regional gas sector as its role expands in several pipeline projects, officials say.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived in Sofia to meet with government officials to discuss energy cooperation and the Nabucco gas pipeline.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will lobby for a role in the Nabucco pipeline for Europe during his official visits to Sofia and Ankara.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- An official visit to Bulgaria and Turkey this week by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will focus on the planned Nabucco gas pipeline for Europe.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov invited his counterpart in Uzbekistan to attend the inauguration of a transnational gas pipeline to China.

LONDON, July 29 (UPI) -- Exports of natural gas to Britain and other European markets are in line with national diversification efforts, the president of Turkmenistan said.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, July 28 (UPI) -- A dispute between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan over hydrocarbon fields in the Caspian Sea poses fresh challenges to the Nabucco gas pipeline for Europe.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, July 27 (UPI) -- Turkmenistan has ordered top-ranking legal teams to investigate claims by Azerbaijan over the rights to oil and gas fields in the Caspian Sea.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, June 16 (UPI) -- Officials from Russian energy monopoly Gazprom left for Turkmenistan to discuss energy relations over the next year.