Iran has unveiled plans to build a new 77-mile (125-km) gas pipeline and three gas compressor stations on the territory of Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan and Iran signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship on to Iraq.
The deal was announced by Turkmenistan’s foreign ministry, which said in a press statement that Turkmenistan plans to increase its gas supplies to Iran to 40 billion cubic meters a year. It plans to increase the volume of gas supplied to Iran along the Dovletabad – Sarahs – Hangeran routes and through the Chaloyuk gas measuring station.
