tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506115357150118329.post8671959429308251269..comments2023-10-26T09:10:09.780-06:00Comments on Aletho News: PetroChina's First West-to-East Pipeline Supplies 60 BCMAletho Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15258376626576041549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506115357150118329.post-52568087331578135112009-12-25T09:43:36.683-07:002009-12-25T09:43:36.683-07:00Peter,
In fact Turkmenistan exports gas to Iran w...Peter,<br /><br />In fact Turkmenistan exports gas to Iran which uses Turkmen gas for its own consumption while exporting Iranian gas which is produced near the Persian gulf. The pipeline you cite does not terminate at the Afghan border, in fact the map shows clearly that it goes to Iran where it is in service at this time. Most of Iran's population is located near the Turkmenistan gas supplies.<br /><br />India has more practical energy sources that don't involve transporting gas away from areas where it already has ready demand. These include abundant coal, closer access to Iranian gas fields, and nuclear power which is what the Western corporations want India to use. There simply is no current viable use for the once proposed TAPI pipeline which was conceived in an era prior to the growth of China's energy demand.Aletho Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258376626576041549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506115357150118329.post-23787880100447986632009-12-25T03:16:15.376-07:002009-12-25T03:16:15.376-07:00Hello...You passed comment on my article about the...Hello...You passed comment on my article about the TAPI pipeline being superseded and redundant?<br />I totally disagree with you.....As you see on this map above there is a short pipeline heading south out of Turmenistan that hits the Afghanistan border.....this is the start of the TAPI pipeline which will then go to Herat and across the south of Afghanistan into Pakistan and India....on our map there is no source of supply to Pakistan and India who desperaterly need natural gas. The new highway that has been built will be the path of the TAPI pipeline which they hope to start in 2010 subject to security.....that is why they want the troop surge to secure the path.....this map prooves nothing....Peter Eyre - Middle East Consultant 25/12/2009Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com