Asian oil stakeholders agree on regional order

North and Central Asian oil producers and principal Asian consumers on Friday decided to forge a partnership towards developing an Asian oil and gas order and creating inter-dependencies.

The first round table of Oil Ministers from Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan with principal Asian oil and gas consuming countries — Japan, South Korea, China, Turkey and India — here decided to pursue regional cooperation in the Asian oil and gas economy.

The Hindu