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To: tom pope who wrote (95161)	12/29/2007 10:01:02 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 206150

The Turkmeni. Gas pipeline project Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India approved The participants of the regional conference held in New Delhi supported the project for constructing a gas pipeline between Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI), ITAR TASS reported. During the final press-conference, Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar urged Islamabad to give his country a transport transit through the territory of Pakistan to India. "We hope that Pakistan will open its territory for an international pipeline to India as soon as possible, so that we can strengthen cooperation in the region and implement recommendations of the conference," he said. According to the minister, it would allow Afghanistan to realize its potential as an "energy bridge between Central and Southeast Asia". The two-day forum in the Indian capital was attended by officials from 18 countries, including Russia and about 10 international organizations. The delegation of Afghanistan was headed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. As Turkmenistan.ru already reported, in 2005, Asian Development Bank submitted to the ministers of oil and gas industry and mineral resources of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India the final version of feasibility study of the Trans-Afghan gas pipeline designed by British company Penspen. The pipes will be 1,420 mm in diameter and will transport gas at a working pressure of 100 atmospheres. It will have a capacity of 33 billion cu m of natural gas per year. The 1,680 km pipeline will cost an estimated US $3.3 bln (2.5 bln euro). TAPI will run from the Dovetabat gas deposit in Turkmenistan to the Indian town of Fazilka, near the border between Pakistan and India. 6 compressor stations are to be constructed along the pipeline.

To: tom pope who wrote (95161)	12/29/2007 10:02:44 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206150

TAPI competes with IPI. US likes TAPI: No money comes to Iran. IPI is Iran Pakistan India.

To: tom pope who wrote (95161)	1/3/2008 8:57:15 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 206150

Turkmeni stop natural gas exports to Iran, causing winter shortages in some parts of its neighbour, Iranian officials said on Monday. All part of the competition to send gas to India. Turkmenistan stops gas exports to Iran Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:08pm GMT (Adds Mehr report, analyst comment, paragraphs 2, 5, 12-15) By Zahra Hosseinian TEHRAN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan has stopped natural gas exports to Iran, causing winter shortages in some parts of its neighbour, Iranian officials said on Monday. The major Central Asia producer blamed technical problems but some Iranian media reports suggested it had halted deliveries because it wanted to raise the price of gas. Turkmenistan normally supplies 5 percent of Iran's gas consumption with 20-23 million cubic metres per day, the National Iranian Gas Company said. Turkmen officials were unavailable for comment on Monday. Turkmen media have said an Iranian delegation visited Ashgabat on Dec 26-27 to discuss gas prices for next year. "In their comments, some (Iranian) officials have said that Turkmenistan has doubled the price of gas," the semi-official Mehr News Agency said, without quoting any of them by name. Ebadollah Ghanbari, who heads the public relations unit of the national gas company, said Turkmenistan on Saturday slashed exports to Iran by half to 10 million cubic metres, before stopping deliveries completely a day later. "In an official letter they said it was due to technical problems," he told state broadcaster IRIB. "Since yesterday evening Turkmenistan has completely cut its gas exports to Iran." Despite its massive gas reserves, Iran has been a net importer of gas since 2002. "ODDLY TIMED" The cuts caused difficulties in parts of northern Iran in the middle of winter. Some hospitals were affected, bakeries faced shortages and gas was turned off to some government offices to make more available for households. "Because of the sharp decrease in the pressure of natural gas many restaurants and motels ... are completely or partially closed," state radio said. The state gas company urged Iranians to use less energy. Jonathan Stern of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies described the timing of the supply disruption as odd and said it might be linked to Turkmen price demands. "It's very oddly timed, nobody does 'repairs' at this time of year unless there's been some kind of accident which is not mentioned here," Stern told Reuters. "With Russians paying 30 percent more from tomorrow and 50 percent more from July, I would expect the Iranians to be facing similar demands," he said. Stern was referring to a price agreement in November between Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research) and Turkmenistan, which now charges $130 per 1,000 cubic metres. But Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Turkmenistan was working to sort things out. "There are a certain number of technical problems and they are trying to solve the problems over there in Turkmenistan," he said. Iran sits on the world's second largest gas reserves after Russia. But sanctions, politics and construction delays have slowed gas development, and analysts say it is unlikely to become a major exporter for a decade. (Additional reporting by Marat Gurt in Ashgabat, Barbara Lewis in London, writing by Fredrik Dahl; editing by William Hardy)