Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 39

26-Sep-2011

CASPIAN

Turkmenistan Pushes Ahead With East-West Pipeline

Ukrainian steel manufacturer Metinvest announced on 20 September that it had signed a contract with Turkmengaz for 150,000 tons of pipeline sections that Turkmenistan will use in the construction of the 900km, 56-inch East-West Pipeline. The pipeline will link the South Yolotan and Dauletabad gas fields with its export pipelines system. This marks the first tangible step taken by...