IRAN

One Bypass Pipeline Project Is Shelved But Second Is Likely to Go Ahead 

Although Iran has now shelved one major pipeline project designed to bypass warthreatened Kharg Island, a second, less costly scheme still appears likely to be implemented.

The project that has been shelved (for background see MEES, 6 January) would have entailed the construction of two parallel 42-inch pipelines, with an aggregate capacity of some 1.5-2.0mn b/d, stretching 400 km along the coast from the...