Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 25

21-Jun-2010

IRAN

Final Agreement Signed For Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline

Iran and Pakistan signed on 13 June a final agreement for construction of a 1,900km gas pipeline to export up to 21mn cmd of South Pars gas to Pakistan beginning in 2014. Iranian Deputy Minister of Petroleum Javad Ouji told reporters at the contract signing ceremony that Iran will now build the remaining 300km of the Iranian section of the project, which will connect Irans...