The East–West pipeline is a
natural gas
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pipeline
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in
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
. It was constructed to carry natural gas from gas fields in eastern Turkmenistan to the coast of
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
across the southern part of the country.
History
In 2007–2008, Russia and Turkmenistan negotiated construction of the East–West pipeline to supply the planned
Caspian Coastal pipeline, an extension of the
Central Asia–Center gas pipeline system. The pipeline was to be built in cooperation with the Russian gas company
Gazprom.
[ The main designated contractor was Zarubezhneftegaz, a subsidiary of Gazprom.][
] However, on 27 March 2009 after tensions between Russia and Turkmenistan over gas supplies from Turkmenistan to Russia, Turkmenistan launched an international tender for the pipeline.[
] Over 70 companies expressed their interest to participate in the project. In May 2010 it was announced that Turkmenistan will build the pipeline on its own.[
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Route
The pipeline starts from the Shatlyk compressor station at the eastern branch of the Central Asia–Center gas pipeline in Mary Province
Mary Region ( tk, Mary welaýaty, Мары велаяты) is one of five provinces in Turkmenistan. It is located in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary. Its area is and population 1,480,400 ( ...
and runs to the Belek-1 compressor station at the western branch of the Central Asia–Center gas pipeline in Balkan Province.Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline
The Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline ( az, Transxəzər boru xətti, tk, Transhazar turbaly geçiriji) is a proposed subsea pipeline between Türkmenbaşy in Turkmenistan, and Baku in Azerbaijan. According to some proposals it would also include a c ...
to Azerbaijan
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and further to Europe.[ In addition to export, the pipeline will supply the central and Caspian region of Turkmenistan.][ The pipeline largely follows the route of existing pipelines. It creates a system connecting all the major gas fields of Turkmenistan.][
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Description
The pipeline is intended to be mainly supplied from the Galkynysh, Dauletabad, Yashlar, and Minara gas fields. Length of the pipeline is with a capacity of of natural gas per year, delivered by eight compressor stations.[ The pipeline was built by Türkmennebitgazgurlushyk and is owned and operated by ]Türkmengaz
Türkmengaz is the national gas company of Turkmenistan. From January to November 2020, Türkmengaz had US$4.13bn in revenue. It is the largest gas company in Central Asia. The chairman of the company, with rank of minister of state, is Batyr Ama ...
.[ Design diameter of the pipeline is 1,420 millimeters.]
See also
* Central Asia – China gas pipeline
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* Dauletabad–Sarakhs–Khangiran pipeline
* Korpezhe–Kurt Kui pipeline
* Nabucco pipeline
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References
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Natural gas pipelines in Turkmenistan
Energy in Central Asia