Turkmenistan-China gas line project commences

Construction has started on a 7,000-km pipeline that will deliver 30 billion cu m/year of gas from Turkmenistan to China starting in 2009.

In a ceremony that marked the beginning of construction work, Turkmen President made a symbolic weld on the pipeline, which will cross Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. About 188 km of the pipeline will be laid in Turkmenistan, 530 km in Uzbekistan, 1,300 km in Kazakhstan, and over 4,500 km in China. China plans to import 30 billion cu m/year of Turkmen gas for 30 years through the pipeline but has not given the value of the deal.

China National Petroleum Corp. has received exploration rights for Bagtiyarlik territory. This will be the first time Turkmenistan is granting a foreign country the right to produce gas on the mainland for the first time.

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