Table- 5: Natural Gas Export Routes and Options in the Caspian Sea Region

8th Consultative Meeting of 

Executive Heads of Sub-Regional Organizations

 

Name/Location

Route

Capacity

Length

Estimated Cost/Investment

Status

Baku-Erzurum

Baku (Azerbaijan) via Tbilisi (Georgia) to Erzurum (Turkey), linking with Turkish natural gas pipeline system

Planned 254 Bcf capacity

540 miles

$1 billion (includes up to $500 million to construct new Azeri section)

Financing being arranged, construction originally scheduled to start in summer 2002.

"Centgas" (Central Asia Gas)

Daulatabad (Turkmenistan) via Herat (Afghanistan) to Multan (Pakistan). Could extend to India.

700 Bcf/year

870 miles to Multan (additional 400 miles to India)

$2 billion to Pakistan (additional $500 million to India)

Memorandum of Understanding signed by  Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. Presidents of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan met in May 2002 to discuss reviving this pipeline idea.

Central Asia-Center Pipeline

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan to Saratov (Russia), linking to Russian natural gas pipeline system

3.5 Tcf/year

Existing route

N/A

Operational. Turkmenistan is using this pipeline to export a total of 8.83 Tcf to Ukraine (via Russia) from 2002 to 2006, as well as smaller amounts to Russia.

China Gas Pipeline

Turkmenistan to Xinjiang (China). Could extend to Japan.

1 Tcf/year

4,1,61 miles; more if to Japan

$10 billion to China; more if to Japan

Preliminary feasibility study done by ExxonMobil, Mitsubishi, and CNPC

Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP)

Turkmenbashy (Turkmenistan) via Baku and Tbilisi to Erzurum, linking with Turkish natural gas pipeline system

565 Bcf in first stage, eventually rising to 1.1 Tcf/year

1,020 miles 

$2 billion to $3 billion

Project stalled; negotiations between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan over pipeline volumes restarted in October 2001.

Korpezhe-Kurt-Kui

Korpezhe (Turkmenistan) to Kurt-Kui (Iran)

283-350 Bcf/year; expansion proposed to 459 Bcf/year by 2005

124 miles

$190 million; 2005 expansion: $300 million to $400 million

Operational since December 1997.

 

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