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Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline: Russia’s Key to South Asia?
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 123
(Source: Daily Times)
Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov and Pakistan’s ambassador to Moscow, Shafqat Ali Khan, signed a revised agreement on May 28 that initiates the construction of the planned Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline (PSGP) (Minenergo.gov.ru, May 28). Formerly known as the North-South Gas Pipeline, this infrastructural mega-project (1,100 kilometers in length) is expected to cost up to $2.5 billion and should be completed by 2023. The pipeline will secure the delivery of 12.3 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Karachi and Gwadar to the large north-central city of Lahore. Importantly, this project will be the first such large-scale economic initiative between Moscow and Islamabad undertaken since the mid-1970s.