土库曼斯坦提议沙特投资塔比管道

据俄罗斯油气网7月22日阿什哈巴德报道，英国NewEurope报分析称，土库曼斯坦国家天然气公司（Turkmengaz）日前与总部位于沙特阿拉伯首都利雅得的索莫·马姆拉卡公司讨论了沙特阿拉伯投资开发土库曼斯坦天然气项目的计划。

土库曼斯坦国家化学康采恩和土库曼斯坦国家对外经济银行的代表也参加了讨论。

NewEurope报写道，Turkmengaz的领导层指出，目前土库曼斯坦正在实施一些有前景的天然气项目，这些项目迫切需要投资，其中包括土库曼斯坦-阿富汗-巴基斯坦-印度(塔比/TAPI)天然气管道。

索莫·马姆拉卡公司的代表在回应土方的提议时表示，该公司愿意与Turkmengaz开展长期投资合作。

今年6月份，土库曼斯坦一再要求寻求投资，这是因为Turkmengaz未能完成塔比管道的财务关闭，后者原计划在2016年12月完成，随后被推迟到2020年初。据巴基斯坦媒体报道，土库曼斯坦政府已指示有关机构在2021年完成资金寻找。

从土库曼斯坦到阿富汗、巴基斯坦和印度的全长1735公里的塔比管道时下正在铺设中，塔比管道跨越土库曼斯坦领土200公里，穿过阿富汗领土735公里，途经巴基斯坦领土800公里。

塔比管道设计年天然气输送能力为330亿立方米。这个估计成本在80 - 100亿美元的项目原计划在2017年启动，但后来被推迟。

根据计划，塔比管道将从土库曼斯坦最大的天然气田Galkynysh出发，穿过阿富汗城市赫拉特和坎大哈，最终到达位于巴基斯坦和印度接壤边境的Fazilka定居点。

李峻 编译自 俄罗斯油气网

原文如下：

Turkmenistan offers Saudi to invest in TAPI pipeline

Turkmenistan’s national gas company Turkmengaz and Riyadh-based Somo Al Mamlakah discussed Saudi plans to invest in the development of gas projects in Turkmenistan, NewEurope analysed.

Representatives of the Turkmenhimiya State Concern and the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan also took part in the meeting.

The leadership of Turkmengaz noted that at the moment a number of promising gas projects are being implemented in the country, which require investment, including the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, the agency writes.

In response to the proposals of the Turkmen side, Somo Al Mamlakah employees expressed their readiness for long-term investment cooperation.

In June, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov repeatedly demanded that the government look for investments, since Turkmengaz was unable to complete the financial closure of TAPI, which was planned for December 2016, then it was postponed to early 2020. According to Pakistani media reports, the state concern has now been instructed to complete the search for funding in 2021.

The 1.735-km-long TAPI is under construction from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India over the territory of Turkmenistan – 200 km, through the territory of Afghanistan – 735 km, and on the territory of Pakistan – 800 km.

The design capacity is 33 billion cu m of gas per year. The estimated cost of the project is $8-10 billion. The launch of the project was planned for 2017, but was postponed to a later date.

It is planned that the gas pipeline will pass from the largest Turkmen gas field Galkynysh through the Afghan cities of Herat and Kandahar and will reach its final point – the settlement of Fazilka, on the border of Pakistan with India.