Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 43

25-Oct-2010

CASPIAN

Turkmenistan Commissions Karakum-CAC Gas Pipeline

Turkmenistan has commissioned a 200km pipeline linking gas fields in the Karakum desert region with the main gas metering station of the Soviet-era Central Asia to Centre (CAC) pipeline system. The pipeline was built by Turkmengazstroy, the construction arm of state-owned Turkmengaz, at a cost of $177mn. The pipeline will be used to boost Turkmen gas exports to Russia via...