Kelif-Mubarek Gas Pipeline

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Kelif-Mubarek Gas Pipeline (Russian: Газопровод "Келиф-Мубарек") is an operating gas pipeline running from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan.

Location

The pipeline runs from Kelif, Turkmenistan, to Mubarek, Uzbekistan.

Project Details

• Operator: Uztransgas JSC, Turkmengaz
• Owner: Uztransgas JSC, Turkmengaz
• Parent Company: Uzbekneftegaz JSC (46.78%), Ministry of Economics and Finance of Uzbekistan (51.7%); Government of Turkmenistan
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• Status: Operating
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• Associated infrastructure: Bukhara-Tashkent-Bishkek-Almaty Gas Pipeline

Background

The pipeline was built during the Soviet period to transport gas from Afghanistan to the USSR along the route Khoja Gugerdag-Kelif-Mubarek.

Later, gas was transported to the southern regions of Uzbekistan — to the Surkhandarya region and the southern part of the Kashkadarya region — via the Kelif-Dushanbe and Kelif-Mubarek pipelines, significant sections of which pass through the Turkmen territory. The commissioning of the Shurtan-Sherabad Gas Pipeline eliminated the need for the transit of Uzbek gas through Turkmenistan.

As of September 2024, it is unclear, which segment of the pipeline is operating. In 2020, Epsilon Development Company (USA) conducted a major overhaul of the pipeline in Uzbekistan, which means that the pipeline is operational on the territory of Uzbekistan.