Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 16

20-Apr-2009

CASPIAN

Gas Pipeline Blast Heightens Turkmen-Russian Tensions

An explosion on 9 April on the Davetbat-Dariyalyk gas pipeline line in Turkmenistan, part of the Soviet-era CAC-4 (Central Asia-Centre) trunkline connecting Turkmenistan with Russia via Kazakhstan, has heightened tensions over gas policy between Ashgabat and Moscow. Turkmen state gas company Turkmengaz said that the blast resulted from a decision by Russias Gazprom to unilaterally...