Tajikistan to Select Consultant for Work on Central Asia Gas Pipeline Project

The Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan has invited tender for selection of company that will provide technical, legal, economic and financial services for implementation of the Tajik section if Turkmenistan-China Gas Pipeline Project, Asia Plus reported Tuesday.

Deadline for applications is March 12, 2015.

In September last year, construction commencement ceremony of the Tajikistan section of Line-D of the China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline was attended by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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

Line D is the fourth in the pipeline network.  The current pipeline network comprising lines A, B and C passes through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan before reaching China's western Xinjiang province.

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), is funding the construction of Line D 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.

Tajikistan expects a total income of $3.7bn in transit fees and taxes from the Tajik trunk of Line D of the Central Asia–China Gas Pipeline over 32 years, Asia Plus said.