The Qatar–Turkey pipeline was a proposal to build a
natural gas
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pipeline
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from the Iranian–Qatari
South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field
The South Pars/North Dome field is a natural-gas condensate field located in the Persian Gulf. It is by far the world's largest natural gas field, IEA, World Energy Outlook 2008 - Chapter 12 - Natural gas resources and production prospects, p.298 ...
towards Turkey, where it could connect with the
Nabucco pipeline to supply European customers as well as Turkey. One route to Turkey was via Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria,
Nafeez Ahmed
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, ''The Guardian
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'', 30 August 2013
Syria intervention plan fueled by oil interests, not chemical weapon concern
/ref> and another was through Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq.['' The National'', 18 January 2010]
Turkey touts proposed gas pipeline from Qatar
/ref> Agence France-Presse
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claimed Syria's rationale for rejecting the Qatar proposal was "to protect the interests of tsRussian ally, which is Europe's top supplier of natural gas."[
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Syrian Civil War
Political scientists and journalists have postulated that the Syrian Civil War was an undercover CIA operation due to Syria's rejection of the pipeline proposal and turning to an Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline instead.
See also
* Iran–Iraq–Syria pipeline
References
External links
* ORSAM, January 2011
Is the Qatar-Iraq-Turkey-Europe Natural Gas Pipeline Project Feasible?
* Pepe Escobar
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In ...
, Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...
, 6 August 2012
Syria's Pipelineistan war
Natural gas pipelines in Qatar
Natural gas pipelines in Saudi Arabia
Natural gas pipelines in Iraq
Natural gas pipelines in Syria
Proposed pipelines in Asia
Qatar–Turkey relations
Conspiracy theories in Asia
Cancelled energy infrastructure
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