VOL. XL

No. 30

28-July-1997

FSU

Unocal And Delta Sign Gas Pipeline Agreement With Turkmenistan And Pakistan

Unocal of the US and Saudi Arabia's Delta Oil Company signed in Islamabad on 23 July anagreement with Turkmenistan and Pakistan outlining a time-frame for the construction of a1,464-km. gas pipeline that would carry Turkmen natural gas to Pakistan via Afghanistan.The 48-inch pipeline, estimated to cost around $2bn, would begin pumping 1bn cu. ft./dayof natural gas from Turkmenistan's...