Kazakhstan, Russia Plan to Restore Old Pipeline, Export Oil to Iran
October 14, 2003 - 0:0
ALMATY (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - Kazakhstan and Russia are negotiating the possibility of restoring the Omsk-Turkmenabad (former Chardzhou) pipeline and export oil to Iran. "Certain progress has been made in this area," Kairgeldy Kabyldin, a senior manager at Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGaz national oil company, told the press in Almaty on Thursday. Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan have recently signed an agreement to study this project, he said. Uzbekistan is still to decide on it, he added.