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==History== |
==History== |
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In the 1990s, the American [[Unocal Corporation]], in addition to the [[Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline|Trans-Afghanistan Gas Pipeline]], considered building a {{convert|1000|mi|km|order=flip|adj=mid|-long}} {{bbl to t|1000000|per=d|t_per=a}} oil pipeline to link Turkmenistan's [[Türkmenabat]] to Pakistan along the [[Arabian Sea]]. |
In the 1990s, the American [[Unocal Corporation]], in addition to the [[Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline|Trans-Afghanistan Gas Pipeline]], considered building a {{convert|1000|mi|km|order=flip|adj=mid|-long}} {{bbl to t|1000000|per=d|t_per=a}} oil pipeline to link Turkmenistan's [[Türkmenabat]] to Pakistan along the [[Arabian Sea]]. Through the [[Omsk]] (Russia) – [[Pavlodar]] (Kasakhstan) – [[Shymkent]] – [[Türkmenabat]] pipeline, it would provide a possible alternative export route for regional oil production from the Caspian Sea. The pipeline was expected to cost US$2.5 billion. However, due to political and security instability at that time, the project was dismissed. |
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== Controversy == |
== Controversy == |
Revision as of 09:51, 15 August 2021
Afghanistan Oil Pipeline | |
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Location | |
Country | Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India |
General direction | north–south |
From | Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan |
Passes through | Afghanistan |
To | Pakistan's Arabian Sea Coast |
Runs alongside | Trans-Afghanistan Gas Pipeline |
General information | |
Type | Oil |
Owner | Unocal Corporation |
Technical information | |
Length | 1,000 mi (1,600 km) |
Maximum discharge | 1,000,000 million barrels per day (~5.0×10 13 t/a) |
The Afghanistan Oil Pipeline was a project proposed by several oil companies to transport oil from the Caspian region] and Central Asia through Afghanistan to Pakistan.
History
In the 1990s, the American Unocal Corporation, in addition to the Trans-Afghanistan Gas Pipeline, considered building a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000 mi) 1,000,000 barrels per day (~5.0×10 7 t/a) oil pipeline to link Turkmenistan's Türkmenabat to Pakistan along the Arabian Sea. Through the Omsk (Russia) – Pavlodar (Kasakhstan) – Shymkent – Türkmenabat pipeline, it would provide a possible alternative export route for regional oil production from the Caspian Sea. The pipeline was expected to cost US$2.5 billion. However, due to political and security instability at that time, the project was dismissed.
Controversy
Some have proposed that the actual motive for the United States-led Western invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was Afghanistan's importance as a conduit for oil pipelines to Afghanistan's neighbouring countries, by effectively bypassing Russian and Iranian territories, and breaking the Russian and Iranian collective monopoly on regional energy supplies.[1] Others have argued that the theoretical pipeline was not a significant reason for the invasion because most Western governments and their respective oil companies preferred an export route that went through the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan then to Georgia and on to the Black Sea instead of one that goes through Afghanistan. [2]
See also
References
- ^ Stevenson, Seth (2001-12-06). "Pipe Dreams". Slate. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ Haslett, Malcolm (2001-10-29). "Afghanistan: the pipeline war?". BBC. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-09.