$5 Billion 'Central Asia Gas Ring' Project Discussed at Forum in Tashkent
At the second Central Asian Oil and Gas Forum in Tashkent, an initiative was discussed to link Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan with more than 3,000 km of gas pipelines. The idea's author, Kazakh expert Askar Ismailov, estimates the cost at $5 billion and capacity at 20 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Financing and agreements between governments have not yet been announced.
Nilufar Karimova