Construction on Tajik Section of Turkmenistan-China Gas Pipeline Starts

Construction of transit gas pipeline to China through Tajik territory has begun, according to Asia Plus news agency.

The transit gas pipeline that will run from Turkmenistan to China through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan is expected to be finished in 2016.

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), is funding the construction of Line D (a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan through Tajik territory to China) and Tojiktransgaz, Tajik state-run natural gas distributor, will be co-participant in the project, Asia Plus said.

CNPC’s subsidiary, Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Company Ltd (Trans-Asia Gas), and Tojiktransgaz signed an agreement on launching a joint venture for construction and operation of the gas pipeline in March 2014.

Line D is the fourth in the pipeline network and will run through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, to deliver gas from Turkmenistan to China.  The current pipeline network comprising lines A, B and C passes through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan before reaching China's western Xinjiang province.