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Iran mulls Central Asian gas swaps to supply China

Iran wants to supply China through swap agreements with Central Asian nations that already export pipeline gas to the world’s fastest-growing gas market Iran wants to supply China through swap agreements with Central Asian nations that already export pipeline gas to the world’s fastest-growing gas market.
By Colin Shek 1 November 2018 0 33132
A project in Turkmenistan that feeds the Central Asia-China Pipeline A project in Turkmenistan that feeds the Central Asia-China Pipeline. (CNPC)

Iran is interested in exporting gas to China via swap arrangements with Central Asian countries, which could enable Tehran to link the world’s second-largest gas reserves to the fastest-growing market for the fuel, delegates at the Gas Asia Summit in Singapore heard on Thursday.

The arrangement would see Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan – which currently export gas to China through the three lines of the Central Asia-China Pipeline (CACP) – send their gas to China on behalf of Iran. In return, Tehran could export gas on...