Thursday 28 April 2011

Uzbekistan and China sign agreement for pipeline construction

Asia Trans Gas, a joint venture between Uzbekneftegaz and China National Petroleum Company, has been founded to design, construct and operate the Uzbek section of Turkmenistan–China gas pipeline.

The Chinese and Uzbek governments have signed an agreement on the principles of construction and operation of the third stage of the Turkmenistan–China Pipeline, Energy Delta Institute reported.

The third stage involves a spur pipeline located in Uzbekistan, which will supply the existing 1,800 km Turkmenistan–China Gas Pipeline with an additional 25 Bcm/a of gas. Additional information on the project was not disclosed.

Asia Trans Gas, a joint venture between Uzbekneftegaz and China National Petroleum Company, has been founded to design, construct and operate the Uzbek section of Turkmenistan–China gas pipeline.

The Turkmenistan–China pipeline transports gas from eastern Turkmen fields near the border of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the west, through central Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan, and enters China at Horgos Port in Xinjiang.

By Uzreport.com

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