TAPI pipeline: Bigger May Not Be Better
June 13th, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on the TAPI pipeline initiative: Last month saw a major step forward for the proposed TAPI natural gas pipeline. Regarded as a perennial pipe dream by many energy analysts, many critics of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India project were silenced by the signing of a gas sales and purchase agreement between Turkmengaz, […]
Read more »Today’s Great Game: China, India, Iran and Pakistan Crowd Russia in Central Aisa
November 10th, 2011
Courtesy of James Brooke, an interesting look at the geopolitics of Central Asia: When I was in Dushanbe, India’s defense minister just happened to be in the neighborhood, and popped in for a visit. After the traditional bread and honey welcome ceremony at the airport, he met behind closed doors with Tajikistan’s defense minister and […]
Read more »TAPI’ng Along
November 7th, 2011
Via the Khaleej Times, an updated report on the Turkmenistan-Afghan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. As the article notes: Turkmenistan-Afghan-Pakistan-India transnational gas pipeline, or TAPI, took a good step forward as Ashkabad and Islamabad have agreed on the illusive pricing formula and have vowed to complete it in the shortest possible time. Pakistan and Turkmenistan, at the […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Slams Russian Attempt To Hinder Project To Build Gas Pipeline Supplying Europe
October 20th, 2011
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report that energy-rich Turkmenistan lashed out recently at what it says is a Russian attempt to stymie the creation of a natural gas supply route to Europe. As the article notes: “…The Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it supports the European Union’s plans to broker negotiations […]
Read more »Turkmenistan: Home To The World’s Second-Largest Natural Gas Field
October 12th, 2011
Via The Washington Post, a report that the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan is sitting on top of the second-largest natural gas field in the world, according to figures unveiled by an independent British auditor. As the article notes: “…The assessment by Gaffney, Cline & Associates will likely be greeted with relish by the ex-Soviet […]
Read more »China – Turkmen Energy Deal
March 5th, 2011
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of issues surrounding negotiations between Turkmenistan and China over an expanded natural gas supply and loan agreement. As the article notes: “…Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov said March 3 that Turkmenistan and China are still negotiating an expansion of a natural gas supply and loan agreement. This […]
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