Construction of gas pipeline from Iran to Oman to be reviewed

The project is to within a period of 20 years carry 9000 billion cubic feet of Iran’s gas to Oman, the report added.

According to the report, Petropars and the Middle East LNG companies have invited the British Foster Wheeler Engineering Company, Acre Warner of Oslo as well as the Japanese Toyo Co. to express their views on pertinent issues such as the costs and tariffs of the project.

Also, the construction of a pipeline as an offshoot of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline from Assaluyeh in Bandar Abbas which has the upstream processing potentials has been envisaged in the project, the report noted.

The pipeline will transfer the Iranian gas to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and from there to a receptor terminal in Oman, the economic publication also stated.

The report in addition asserted that, the Islamic Republic is negotiating with other partners on some other pipeline projects aimed at exporting Iran’s abundant gas reserves.

Export of Iranian gas to Turkey, Dubai, Armenia, India and Pakistan are included in the projects underway by Iran. However, the negotiation on reaching an agreement on the price of the gas is said to be the most important issue currently facing the export of Iranian gas to Turkey.

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