Pipeliners

RBC, 01.02.2005, Astana 11:36:35.Kazakhstan has begun reconstruction of the Central Asia-Center gas pipeline, the country's Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Vladimir Shkolnik reported at a government meeting. He commented that the pipeline's capacity amounts to 54bn cubic meters a year. "We are planning to increase the capacity to 100bn cubic meters a year in several stages," the minister added. As Shkolnik detailed, approximately $24m will be allocated from the state budget for increasing the pipeline's transit potential.