Kazi Magomed–Astara–Abadan pipeline

From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia

Template:Infobox pipeline The Kazi Magomed–Astara–Abadan pipeline is a natural gas pipeline from Kazi Magomed in Azerbaijan to Iran.

History

The pipeline was agreed between Iran and the Soviet Union in 1965.[1] It was inaugurated in October 1970 in Astara by Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Nikolai Podgorny, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.[2] In 1971–1979, Southern Caucasus republics of the Soviet Union were supplied through this pipeline by natural gas from Iran.[3] After Iranian Revolution Iranian supplies were cut off.[4]

In 2006, Azerbaijan began a swap deal with Iran, providing gas through the Baku-Astara line to Iran; while Iran supplies Nakhchivan. On 11 November 2009, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and National Iranian Gas Company signed a memorandum according to which Azerbaijani will supply starting from 2010 500 million cubic meters of natural gas per year.[5]

Technical features

The overall length of the pipeline is Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert in Azerbaijan. The pipe diameter is Template:Convert and it had original capacity of 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year at Template:Convert.[5] The Iranian section of the pipeline is known as IGAT1.

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