Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 23

8-Jun-2009

IRAN

Iran Begins Construction Of Gas Trunkline To Supply Proposed Persian Pipeline To Europe

Ahmad Noorani, Head of Economic Affairs at the Iranian embassy in Turkey, announced in a press conference last week that Iran has begun construction of a gas trunkline to connect up with the proposed Persian pipeline, which is intended to deliver gas from the South Pars field to Turkey and on to Europe. The Persian pipeline is conceived as an extension...