PROPOSED GAS PIPELINES FROM TURKMENISTAN

by Drillbits & Tailings

Volume 6, Number 8, October 31, 2001

SOURCE: Taliban; Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, by Ahmed Rashid, Yale University Press Books, 2001.

1. Enron/Wing Merril BOTAS/ Gama Guris:
ROUTE: Turkmenistan ˆ Azerbaijan ˆ Turkey
DETAILS: Under Caspian Sea
COST: US$2.5 billion
STATUS: Contract for a Turkmenistan-turkey pipeline under the Caspian
Sea signed in 1999 by consortium made up of Bechtel Group and US General Electric.

2. Unocal, Delta Oil, Turkmenrosgaz
ROUTE: Turkmenistan ˆ Pakistan - Afghanistan
DETAILS: 937 miles
COST: US$2.5 billion
STATUS: Suspended

3. Birdas ˆ TAP
ROUTE: Turkmenistan ˆ Pakistan - Afghanistan
DETAILS: 750 miles
COST: US$2.5 billion
STATUS: Suspended

4. Royal Dutch Shell, Gaz de France, Snamprogetti, Turkmenistan
ROUTE: Turkmenistan ˆ Iran ˆ Turkey
DETAILS: 1,875 miles
COST: US$2 billion
STATUS: Stalled

5. Mitsubishi, ExxonMobil, China, Turkmenistan
ROUTE: Turkmenistan ˆ Kazakhstan ˆ China - Japan
DETAILS: 5,000 miles
COST: US$22 billion
STATUS: Stalled

6. China ˆ Iran ˆ Turkmenistan
ROUTE: Kazakhstan ˆ Turkmenistan ˆ Iran ˆ Persian Gulf
DETAILS: 1,500 miles
COST: US$2.5 billion
STATUS: Stalled

7. 120-mile-long gas pipeline connecting Iran-Turkmenistan opened in December 1997

SOURCE: Taliban; Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, by Ahmed Rashid, Yale University Press Books, 2001.

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