Agenda Item 8
Table- 5: Natural Gas Export Routes and Options in the Caspian Sea Region
( Tehran, 21-23 July, 2003 )
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 |
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. |
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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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