Dauletabad-Sarakhs-Khangiran Gas Pipeline

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Dauletabad-Sarakhs-Khangiran Gas Pipeline (Russian: Газопровод «Довлетабад – Серахс – Хангеран») is an operating gas pipeline in Turkmenistan and Iran.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Dauletabad Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Serakhs to Khangiran, Iran.

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Project Details

Dauletabad-Sarakhs-Khangiran I Gas Pipeline

• Operator: Türkmengaz
• Owner: Türkmengaz, Iran Ministry of Petroleum
• Parent company: Governments of Turkmenistan and Iran
• Capacity: 12 bcm/year
• Length: 182 km
• Diameter: 48 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2010
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: Dauletabad–Deryalyk Gas Pipeline, Dauletabad Gas Field

Dauletabad-Sarakhs-Khangiran II Gas Pipeline

• Operator: Türkmengaz
• Owner: Türkmengaz, Iran Ministry of Petroleum
• Parent company: Governments of Turkmenistan and Iran
• Capacity: 19.5 bcm/year
• Length: 125 km
• Diameter:
• Status: Proposed
• Start Year:
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: Dauletabad Gas Field

Background

The Dauletabad–Sarakhs–Khangiran pipeline (also known as Dauletabad–Salyp Yar pipeline) is a gas pipeline from the Dauletabad gas field in Turkmenistan to Khangiran in Iran, where it connects to the Iran Gas Trunkline system. The pipeline doubled Turkmenistan's export of gas to Iran. For Iran, the pipeline allows the country to deal with gas shortages in its northern regions, and to improve its reputation as a trade partner in the Caspian region. Gas began pumping on 3 January 2010, and the pipeline was inaugurated in a ceremony in Turkmenistan on 6 January 2010.

The decision to build the pipeline was made in July 2009. The pipeline was completed in October 2009, and was inaugurated on 6 January 2010, by presidents Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow at a ceremony held at the border village of Salyp Yar, Sarakhs in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. At the inauguration, Ahmadinejad said, "These two are not just economic projects, but are indications of the two nations' profound bonds and interest as well as the two countries' fair relations in the region ... This pipeline will be a good stimulus for energy co-operation between Turkmenistan and Iran, as well as for delivery of Turkmen gas to the Persian Gulf and the world market." The ceremony was also attended by Taner Yıldız, the minister of energy and natural resources of Turkey, and Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani, president of the Islamic Development Bank.

In July 2024, the Turkmen government announced that Iranian companies would carry out construction of a new 125-kilometer gas pipeline (Dauletabad-Sarakhs-Khangiran II Gas Pipeline) and three gas compressor stations in Turkmenistan, which are necessary for supplying additional volumes of gas to Iran. In addition to the existing capacities, it is planned to increase the volume of gas supplied to Iran through the Dauletabad–Serakhs–Khangiran route and via the Chalyouq gas metering station to 40 bcm/year. As of July 2024, gas to Iran is supplied via the Dauletabad-Sarakhs-Khangiran I Gas Pipeline (current capacity - 12.5 bcm/year) and through the gas metering station Chalyouq of the Korpeje-Kordkuy Gas Pipeline (current capacity - 8 bcm/year).

Technical features

The pipeline starts at the Dauletabad Gas Field where it branches off from the Dauletabad–Deryalyk pipeline (Central Asia – Center gas pipeline system). The length of the Turkmen section of the gas pipeline from the Dauletabad gas field to the settlement Salyr Yap on the border with Iran is 30.5 km. From there, the pipeline transports gas to the Shahid Hasheminejad (Khangiran) Gas Refinery in Khangiran, Khorasan Province of Iran.

The pipeline had an initial capacity of 6 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas per year, which was later increased to 12 bcm. Combined with the other, smaller, Turkmenistan–Iran pipeline, the Korpeje–Kordkuy pipeline, Turkmenistan will have the capacity to transport up to 20 bcm of gas. The pipeline has a diameter of 48 in (1200 mm). Construction costs for the pipeline totaled US$180 million.

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