Earlier the project of construction of gas pipeline TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) has been de facto blocked by the United States: the Government of Afghanistan has postponed the construction tender on TAPI project without mentioning the exact terms of tender postponement. The reason for postponement was Afghan government’s preparation for the withdrawal of troops of the U.S. and NATO out of the country in 2014. stratrisks/geostrat/15288 Turkmenistan-China pipeline In the document, both sides pledge to promote bilateral energy cooperation, and to push forward their natural gas pipeline project. On the Turkmenistan-China pipeline, both sides agree to take measures to guarantee a safe operation of Line A and Line B. In addition, the two nations vow to make joint efforts to complete the construction of Line C and Line D. According to the document, the pipeline, which will be the world’s longest natural gas pipeline, will achieve the annual transportation of 65 billion m3 of natural gas to China by 2016. They will also set up a cooperation mechanism to ensure security of the natural gas projects, the paper said. energyglobal/news/pipelines/articles/China_and_Turkmenistan_pledge_to_be_long-term_energy_partners.aspx#.U0BBylfdyM8
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:50:55 +0000
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