Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 2

11-Jan-2010

IRAN

New Turkmenistan-Iran Gas Pipeline Inaugurated

Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov inaugurated on 6 January a second gas pipeline between the two countries, allowing for the export of up to 14 bcm/year of Turkmen gas to Iran compared with the previous 8 bcm/y. The 30.5km pipeline was built in less than five months and connects Turkmenistans largest gas field in Dauletabad with Irans...