Iran – Pakistan – India Gas Pipeline … soon to become only the Iran – Pakistan Pipeline?
October 13th, 2007
Via an interesting report from the Bangladesh Power Development Board, analysis that the proposed Iran – Pakistan – India Gas pipeline may be stuck, as they put it, in “quick sand”. I found the paper’s discussion of how the pipeline could impact the strategic geopolitics of the regional particularly intriguing. First, some quick background: in […]
Read more »Strategic Energy Transportation Corridor: Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan
October 13th, 2007
Interesting analysis by John C.K. Daly about some possible projects that would see Russia gain the upper hand in the race to exploit the Caspian’s vast energy reserves, lead to the end of cheap Eurasian natural gas, and dramatically undermine the impact of American sanctions on Iran. “…Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev provided more details about […]
Read more »The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Pipeline
July 17th, 2007
Via RIA Novosti, news that Iran, Pakistan, and India have agreed on a formula for the price of natural gas to be pumped through a pipeline that will link the three countries. According to the report, the deal has “…removed the main obstacle to the signing of a three-way agreement on building the 2,300 km […]
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