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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Singapore Asia Pacific World Turkmenistan starts new $2 billion gas pipeline By ALEXANDER VERSHININ,Associated Press Writer - Monday, May 31 Send IM Story Print SHATLYK, Turkmenistan – Turkmenistan on Monday started work on a $2 billion gas pipeline that aims to boost its export capacity and increase the reclusive nation's economic and political clout in the global gas market. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov hailed the new 620-mile (1,000-kilometer) pipeline _ dubbed East-West _ stressing that Turkmen firms would build it on their own. "Construction of the East-West pipeline, using our own resources, is advantageous not only economically, but politically as well," he said at a welding ceremony in the southeastern part of the country. Turkmenistan's gas wealth has long been the focus of intense rivalry between Russia, China and the West. Russia had a lock on most of the country's gas exports until last December, when a major China-bound pipeline went into operation. By building the new pipeline on its own, Turkmenistan will essentially get the final say about the ultimate destination of the natural gas: Russia, or the West. Russia has been trying to convince Turkmenistan to cooperate on a proposed pipeline that would stretch along the Caspian Sea and into Russia, where it would converge into Gazprom's vast pipe system. But the U.S. and Europe are attempting to convince the Turkmens to ship the gas beneath the Caspian Sea and into the planned Nabucco system _ an ambitious pipeline that aims to circumvent Russia's near stranglehold on European gas markets. In recent years Russia has tarnished its reputation as a reliable supplier after spontaneous cutoffs to Ukraine, through which most of its exports to the West flow. However, the Western-backed Nabucco could run into complications because of unresolved border disputes among Caspian Sea littoral states. Berdymukhamedov, however, suggested that the East-West pipeline would eventually carry enough natural gas to meet not only Turkmenistan's domestic needs, but also all planned export routes as well. The pipeline will begin at the vast Southern Yolotan-Osman gas field near Afghanistan's western border and boast an annual capacity of 30 billion cubic meters after its expected completion in 2015. Independent auditors have said that the Southern Yolotan-Osman field may hold up to 16 trillion cubic meters of gas, making it one of the largest in the world. Energy ties between Russia and Turkmenistan were damaged in April 2009, when a pipeline explosion blamed on Moscow by Turkmen authorities interrupted supplies. Russia's Gazprom announced in April it would purchase only 10 billion cubic meters of gas this year, which is 80 percent less than it purchased earlier. Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Taiwan's Asustek launches tablet computers AFP - 2 hours 23 minutes ago EU says China's trade policies still too opaque AFP - 2 hours 35 minutes ago Asia stocks mixed as bargain hunters offset Euro woes AFP - Tuesday, June 1 Indian growth higher than expected AFP - Tuesday, June 1 Japan factory output up 1.3% in April AFP - Tuesday, June 1 News Search Top Stories Spain vows labour market reform by end of June Don't subpoena supermodel, urges Liberia's Taylor Top ECB officials differ on bond purchase policy Clashes as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid boat: Hamas TV BP rushes new Gulf oil operation More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended The point about pain: New study sheds light on acupuncture Celine Dion pregnant with twins: report Egypt unearths tomb of pharaonic army chief Clashes as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid boat: Hamas TV BP rushes new Gulf oil operation More Most Viewed » Hubble catches planet being devoured by its star Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years: UN Paris museum burglar grabs 120-million-dollar art haul US team creates first 'synthetic life' More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Asia Entertainment Photos World Cup 2010 Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Help

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