Iran-Oman Gas Pipeline

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Iran-Oman Gas Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline that would run from Iran to Oman.

Location

The proposed pipeline would run from Rudan County to Kuhmobarak port in Iran and then underwater to Sohar, Oman.

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Project details

• Operator: National Iranian Gas Export Company
• Owner: Iran Ministry of Petroleum
• Parent company: Iran Ministry of Petroleum
• Capacity: 1,000.00 MMcf/d
• Proposed capacity expansion: 1,500 MMcf/d
• Length: 400 kilometers
• Diameter:
• Status: Proposed
• Start year: 2021
• Financing: $1.2 billion
• Associated projects: Oman Qalhat LNG Terminal

Background

The Iran-Oman Gas Pipeline includes an onshore section, which began construction in 1994. The National Iranian Gas Export Company credits sanctions for the delay in constructing the offshore section of the pipeline. A team from Oman and Iran met in April 2018 to finalize the route. Officials from the Offshore Installation Company told reporters construction was expected to take three years.

In November of 2018, the Iranian Department of Environment approved the plan for the pipeline. In May 2021, Oman's Oil and Gas Minister Mohammed bin Hamad Ramhi reiterated his country's plan to revive the project.