Hajiqabul–Astara–Abadan Gas Pipeline
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Hajiqabul–Astara–Abadan Gas Pipeline (Azeri: Hacıqabul-Astara-Abadan qaz kəməri), previously known as Kazi Magomed–Astara–Abadan Gas Pipeline, also known as Gazimammad-Astara-Abadan is an operating gas pipeline running from Azerbaijan to Iran.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Kazi Magomed, Azerbaijan, through Astara, Azerbaijan, then to Rasht, Tehran and Abadan, Iran.
Project details
- Operator: National Iranian Gas Company; SOCAR[2]
- Owner: National Iranian Gas Company; SOCAR
- Parent company: National Iranian Gas Company; SOCAR
- Capacity: 4 bcm/year,[2] 10 bcm/year[3]
- Length: 1,474.5 km[2]
- Diameter: 1020 mm,[2] 1200 mm[3]
- Status: Operating[4]
- Start Year: 1970[4]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure: Hajigabul-Shirvanovka-Mozdok Pipeline, Hajigabul-Gazakh-Saguramo Pipeline
Background
The agreement to build the pipeline was made between Iran and the Soviet Union in 1965.[5] It was inaugurated in October 1970 in Astara by Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Nikolai Podgorny, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.[6] In 1971–1979, Southern Caucasus republics of the Soviet Union were supplied through this pipeline by natural gas from Iran.[7] After the Iranian Revolution Iranian supplies were cut off.[8]
In 2006, Azerbaijan began a swap deal with Iran, providing gas through the Hajiqabul–Astara–Abadan Gas Pipeline to Iran; while Iran supplied the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.[9] On 11 November 2009, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and the National Iranian Gas Company signed a memorandum according to which Azerbaijan would supply 500 million cubic meters of natural gas per year beginning in 2010.[10]
Azerbaijani section (Hajiqabul–Astara) is 210 km long. Iranian section of the belt is called IGAT1.[2]
The pipe diameter is 1020 mm (40 in) and its original capacity was 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year at 55 atm (5,600 kPa).[10]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Kazi Magomed–Astara–Abadan Gas Pipeline, Wikipedia, accessed April 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "ElshanHajizadeh.com". hajizada.com (in azərbaycanca). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Azerbaijan and Iran sign memorandum on gas supplies". Trend.Az. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Qazın nəqli | Azərbaycan Energetika Nazirliyi". Azərbaycan Energetika Nazirliyi (in azərbaycanca). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ Hiro, Dilip (1987). Iran under the ayatollahs. Routledge. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-7102-1123-1. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ↑ Chubin, Shahram; Zabih, Sepehr (1974). The foreign relations of Iran: a developing state in a zone of great-power conflict. University of California Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-520-02683-4.
- ↑ Staar, Richard Felix (1991). Staar, Richard Felix; Drachkovitch, Milorad M.; Gann, Lewis H. (eds.). Yearbook on international communist affairs. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Vol. 235 (25 ed.). Hoover Institution Press. p. 483. ISBN 978-0-8179-9161-6.
- ↑ Wilson, David (1983). The demand for energy in the Soviet Union. Taylor & Francis. p. 36. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ↑ "Gas Transportation | Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan". Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 E.Ismayilov (2009-11-11). "Azerbaijan and Iran sign memorandum on gas supplies". Trend News Agency. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
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