Presidential fury completed Monday full circle of the oil and gas sector of Turkmenistan when the head of Turkmengeoligia was removed from his job. State minister and chairman of state concern Turkmengeologia, Orazmuhammet Agageldiyev, was removed through a presidential decree because of ‘serious drawbacks’ in his work. He has been replaced by Ishanguly Nuriyev, who would be on probation for a period of six months. The weeding out process started several weeks ago when Yolly Gurbanmuradov, deputy prime minister responsible for oil and gas sphere, was fired under a stack of charges. He has since been sentenced to a long prison term. Later, the heads of Turkmenneftgaz and Turkmenneft were also removed from their jobs under similar charges that range from abuse of office, bribery and corruption to misappropriation of public property and nepotism. Except of some subsidiary organizations, the main entities of the Turkmen oil and gas sector have now undergone change of command. (www.newscentralasia.com)