Turkmenistan and Iran open second phase of key gas pipeline
On Sunday 28th November, Turkmenistan and Iran opened the new 48 in. diameter Hangeran-Sangbast natural gas pipeline. The pipeline is the second phase of the US$ 1.2 billion, 1024 km Dovletabad-Serahs-Hangeran pipeline, which opened in early 2010.
This 500 km pipeline has a capacity of 58 million m3/d and will allow the import of natural gas from Turkmenistan to Iran to increase to 20 billion m3/yr.
The second nationwide north and northeastern gas transport pipeline and the second section of the second Iran-Turkmenistan gas transport pipeline connects Iran’s gas network to six neighbouring countries - Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan - as well as Persian Gulf littoral states.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/29112010/turkmenistan_and_iran_open_second_phase_of_key_gas_pipeline/
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