VOL. XL

No. 8

24-February-1997

IRAN

Turkmenistan-Iran Gas Pipeline To Be Completed By End-1997

Construction of a $190mn onshore gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to northern Iran is scheduled for completion by the end of this year, according to Mr. Karim Tafreshi, representative of the Iranian Ministry of Oil in Turkmenistan. The 200-km. 40-inch Korpedzhe-Kurt-Kuyi pipeline will run along the eastern side of the Caspian Sea and will link up with a 30-inch pipeline in the existing Iranian network...