Gazprom interested in IPI gas pipeline
Sunday, May 06, 2007
TEHRAN: Gazprom is interested in taking part in building and managing a proposed $7 billion gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan, an official of the Russian energy giant was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Iran, India and Pakistan are expected to sign a key agreement on pricing in June that will help the pipeline project take off. But an Indian official said in April New Delhi had yet to take a final decision on the pipeline from Iran via Pakistan, which has been opposed by the United States.
“…One of the big projects Russia can play a role in is the pipeline that transfers Iranian gas to Pakistan and India,” the head of Gazprom’s office in Tehran, Abubakir Shamuzov told Shana, the Iranian Oil Ministry’s website. “This pipeline can even go as far as to China,” he said. reuters
Who’s next, the Chinese?