Pakistan proceeding with Iran gas pipeline


The removal of economic sanctions on Iran clears the way for work to begin on an ambitious gas pipeline which will bring $2.5 billion worth of Iranian gas per year to PakistanŐs energy-starved economy


UZBEKISTAN

Caspian Sea

TURKMENISTAN

Galkynysh gas field
Reserves: 21 tcm*

TAJIKISTAN

KYRGYZSTAN

CHINA

IRAQ

250km
150 miles

Tehran

IRAN

South Pars gas field
Reserves: 14 tcm

Assaluyeh

Iranshahr

Herat

Quetta

Islamabad

AFGHANISTAN

Peshawar

PAKISTAN

Fazilka

KUWAIT

BAHRAIN 

QATAR

SAUDI ARABIA

The Gulf

UAE

OMAN

Gwadar

Karachi

Arabian Sea

Nawabshah

New Delhi

INDIA


Iran-Pakistan (IP) pipeline 
Tehran claims 1,170km-long Iranian section is already complete 

IP pipeline (planned): Work on 785km-long Pakistani section due to begin in Sep 2015. Most of route being built with Chinese help as part of $2bn project to construct liquified natural gas terminal at Gwadar. Finished pipeline to provide peak of 21 bcm** of gas per year

Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline 
1,735km-long U.S.-backed alternative to IP route could carry 33 bcm of gas per year. Pakistan and India to receive 42 percent of gas, with remainder purchased by Afghanistan. Project stalled for years due to security concerns and financing difficulties, but work could begin by end of 2015

Existing Pakistani gas pipelines


Source: Wire agencies

*tcm = trillion cubic metres  **bcm = billion cubic metres

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