Turkmenistan: TAPI’ng CarefullyThrough A Strategic Tug Of War Between China, Russia, and The West
March 2nd, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, an article on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline or TAPI, a 1,680 km (1,050 m) natural gas line originating in the Daulatabad gas fields in southeastern Turkmenistan. As the report notes: “…It crosses Afghanistan and continues on through Pakistan ending in Fazilka, a northwestern Indian city close to the India-Pakistan border. TAPI is one […]
Read more »Turkmenistan and Russia: New Pipeline Politics?
October 19th, 2010
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of Turkmenistan’s new natural gas pipeline that will take natural gas supplies from deposits in the Karakum Desert and connect with the Central Asia-Center pipeline system for export to Russia. As the article notes, this small pipeline will add little capacity to its natural gas exports to […]
Read more »UAE Partnering With Nabucco?
June 3rd, 2010
Via Energy Daily, a report that the United Arab Emirates is moving into position as a possible partner in the planned 2,100-mile Nabucco pipeline to pump natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe. As the article notes: “…The Emirates is using its $328 billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in energy-rich Turkmenistan, which has […]
Read more »Turkmenistan’s Gas Pains: Looking Towards Traditional Chinese Medicine For Relief?
April 29th, 2010
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at Turkmenistan’s hopes that China will agree to increase the amount of gas it imports in order to reverse the precipitous drop in Turkmen natural gas exports during the last year. As the article notes: “…Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov will travel to China on April 30, where he […]
Read more »Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey: A New Phase in Energy Competition?
January 7th, 2010
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of the decision by Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz to join Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov at the Jan. 6 inauguration ceremony for a natural gas pipeline running from Turkmenistan to Iran. As the article notes, Yildiz’s presence raises the possibility that new […]
Read more »Turkmenistan’s Energy Deals
January 4th, 2010
Via Energy Daily, a report on Turkmenistan’s recent decision to award contracts worth 9.7 billion dollars to a series of foreign companies to develop one of the world’s most prized gas fields. As the article notes: “…China National Petroleum Corporation, South Korea’s LG International and UAE-based Petrofac International are among the firms set to develop […]
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