VOL. XLI

No. 01

5-January-1998

IRAN

Iran and Turkmenistan Inaugurate Gas Link, Shell Will Study Turkmen-Turkey Pipeline

Iranian President Mohammed Khatami and Turkmen President Sapamurat Niyazov inauguratedthe Korpedzhe to Kurt-Kuyi natural gas pipeline on 29 December in a ceremony atTurkmenistan's Korpedzhe gas field located in the southwestern corner of the country. Thisis the first energy pipeline to lead out of the oil and gas-rich Caspian region that doesnot pass through Russian territory....