Pipeliners

17/01/2006 RZD News - Turkmenistan has been preparing a raw material base for the Turkmenistani-Chinese gas pipeline construction project."Gas will be pumped to China from the right bank of the Amudarya River. We need to speed up its development," Turkmenistani President Saparmurat Niyazov said at a meeting with the country’s oil and gas leaders on Monday. Niyazov is expected to focus on the gas pipeline construction project during his visit to China in April, the Vatan TV news reported. At present, Turkmenistan has two gas pipelines that have access to foreign markets. One is the Soviet-era pipeline Central Asia-Centre (Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-Russia-Ukraine) and another one - the Turmenistani-Iranian pipeline Korpedzhe-Kurt-Kui. In 2005, Turkmenistan exported 45.2 billion cubic meters of gas. In 2006, it is expected to export 78 billion cubic meters. The Turmenistani-Chinese pipeline will have a throughput of 30 billion cubic meters, reports ITAR-TASS.