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{{Infobox pipeline
| name        = Kazi Magomed–Astara–Abadan pipeline
| type        = natural gas
| photo       = 
| caption     = 
| map         = 
| map_caption = Location of Kazi Magomed–Astara–Abadan pipeline
| country     = [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]]
| coordinates = 
| operator    = 
| partners    = [[SOCAR]], [[National Iranian Gas Company]]
| length_km   = 1474.5
| discharge   = 10&nbsp;billion cubic meters per year
| direction   = north-south
| start       = [[Kazi Magomed]], [[Azerbaijan]]
| finish      = [[Abadan]] (Bid-Boland), [[Iran]]
| est         = 1970
| through     = [[Astara, Azerbaijan|Astara (Azerbaijan)]], [[Astara, Iran|Astara (Iran)]], [[Rasht]], [[Tehran]]
| par         = 
}}
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.<ref name=hiro>
{{cite book
|last1= Hiro |first1=Dilip
|title= Iran under the ayatollahs
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NCwOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA280
|year= 1987
|publisher= Routledge
|page=280
|accessdate = 2009-11-26
|isbn=978-0-7102-1123-1}}
</ref>  It was inaugurated in October 1970 in Astara by [[Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi]] and [[Nikolai Podgorny]], [[Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]].<ref name=chubin>
{{cite book
|last1= Chubin|first1=Shahram
|last2= Zabih|first2=Sepehr
|title= The foreign relations of Iran: a developing state in a zone of great-power conflict
|year= 1974
|publisher= [[University of California Press]]
|page=80
|isbn=978-0-520-02683-4}}
</ref>  In 1971–1979, [[Southern Caucasus]] republics of the Soviet Union were supplied through this pipeline by natural gas from [[Iran]].<ref name=staar>
{{cite book
|last1= Staar|first1=Richard Felix
|editor1-last= Staar|editor1-first=Richard Felix
|editor2-last= Drachkovitch|editor2-first=Milorad M.
|editor3-last= Gann|editor3-first=Lewis H.
|title= Yearbook on international communist affairs
|volume= 235
|issue= 408
|edition = 25
|year= 1991
|publisher= [[Hoover Institution Press]]
|page=483
|isbn=978-0-8179-9161-6}}
</ref>  After [[Iranian Revolution]] Iranian supplies were cut off.<ref name=wilson2>
{{cite book
|last1= Wilson|first1=David
|title= The demand for energy in the Soviet Union
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3RIQ-jhDwiEC&pg=PA36&dq=mozdok+pipeline&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=mozdok%20pipeline&f=false
|year= 1983
|publisher= [[Taylor & Francis]]
|page=36
|accessdate = 2009-11-26}}
</ref>

In 2006, Azerbaijan began a swap deal with Iran, providing gas through the Baku-Astara line to Iran; while Iran supplies  [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|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&nbsp;million cubic meters of natural gas per year.<ref name=trend111109/>

==Technical features==
The overall length of the pipeline is {{convert|1474.5|km|mi}}, of which {{convert|296.5|km|mi}} in Azerbaijan. The pipe diameter is  {{convert|1020|mm|in}} and it had original capacity of 10&nbsp;billion cubic meters of natural gas per year at {{convert|55|atm}}.<ref name=trend111109>
{{cite news
 | url= http://en.trend.az/capital/pengineering/1578227.html
 | title= Azerbaijan and Iran sign memorandum on gas supplies 
 | publisher= [[Trend News Agency|Trend Capital]]
 | author = E.Ismayilov
 | date=2009-11-11
 | accessdate=2009-11-26}}
</ref>  The Iranian section of the pipeline is known as [[Iran Gas Trunkline|IGAT1]].

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Portal|Azerbaijan|Iran|Energy}}
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[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1970]]
[[Category:Energy in Western Asia]]
[[Category:Natural gas pipelines in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Natural gas pipelines in Iran]]
[[Category:Caspian Sea]]
[[Category:Azerbaijan–Iran relations]]
[[Category:Iran–Soviet Union relations]]
[[Category:Energy in the Soviet Union]]