The Iranian president and his Turkmen counterpart have inaugurated the second phase of a $1.2 billion pipeline transferring Turkmenistan gas to Iran, Iranian news agency Press TV reports.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov attended the opening ceremony of the project in the Iranian northeastern border city of Sarakhs on Sunday. The first phase of the 1024-km-pipeline came on stream in January 2010 to deliver gas from Turkmenistan's Dovletabad field to Iran's Khangiran refinery. The new pipeline will eventually more than double Turkmenistan's annual gas exports to Iran to 20 billion cubic meters. The new 48-inch-diameter pipeline has the
capacity to transfer 18 million cubic meters of gas per day.
The second nationwide north and northeastern gas pipeline is also officially coming on stream. Iran's gas network can be connected to neighbouring countries such as Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan, as well as Persian Gulf littoral states.
Iran's Deputy Oil Minister, Javad Owji, who is also the managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company, told Mehr news agency that Iran is ready to transfer and swap gas with Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and other neighbouring countries.
Iran opens new Turkmenistan pipeline
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