Afghanistan Oil Pipeline

Afghanistan Oil Pipeline

The Afghanistan Oil Pipeline was a project proposed by several oil companies to transport oil from Azerbaijan and Central Asia through Afghanistan to Pakistan or India.

Central Asian Oil Pipeline Project

At the end of 1990s, the American Unocal Corporation considered in addition to the Trans-Afghanistan Gas Pipeline building also a convert|1000|mi|km|-2 long bbl to t|1000000|klt=k|per=d|t_per=a oil pipeline to link Türkmenabat (former Chardzou), Turkmenistan to Pakistan's Arabian Sea Coast. 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 the high political risk and security concerns, this project was dismissed.cite web
url= http://www.newhumanist.com/oil.html
title= The Oil Connection: Afghanistan and Caspian Sea oil pipeline routes
publisher= The New Humaist
accessdate=2008-08-09]

Conspiracy theory

Some critics have proposed that the real motive for invading Afghanistan was its importance as a conduit for oil pipelines from Azerbaijan to Afghanistan's neighboring countries.cite web
url= http://www.slate.com/?id=2059487
title= Pipe Dreams
author= Seth Stevenson
publisher= Slate
date = 2001-12-06
accessdate=2008-08-09] Others have argued that the pipeline was not a significant reason for the invasion of Afghanistan, firstly because most western governments and oil companies prefer an export route from the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan and Georgia and on to the Black Sea over one through Afghanistan. Bypassing Russia and Iran would break their collective monopoly on regional energy supplies.cite news
url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1626889.stm
title= Afghanistan: the pipeline war?
author= Seth Stevenson
publisher= BBC
author = Malcolm Haslett
date = 2001-10-29
accessdate=2008-08-09]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Pipeline — Die Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan Pipeline (Abk. TAP), im angelsächsischen Raum auch Trans Afghanistan Pipeline, ist ein geplantes Erdgas Transportsystem. Die Pipeline soll unter der Federführung der Asiatischen Entwicklungsbank projektiert… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline — The Trans Afghanistan Pipeline (TAP or TAPI) is a proposed natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to… …   Wikipedia

  • List of oil pipelines — This is a list of oil pipelines.Africa* Chad Cameroon pipeline * Petronet * Sumed pipeline * Tazama PipelineAsia* Afghanistan Oil Pipeline (planned) * Alashankou Dushanzi Crude Oil Pipeline * Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan pipeline * Caspian Pipeline… …   Wikipedia

  • Afghanistan — /af gan euh stan /, n. a republic in central Asia, NW of India and E of Iran. 23,738,085; 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km). Cap.: Kabul. * * * Afghanistan Introduction Afghanistan Background: Afghanistan s recent history is characterized by war… …   Universalium

  • Oil Factor — infobox film film= Oil Factor Behind the War On Terror genre= dokument director= Gerard Ungerman, Audray Brohy produced by= Free Will Production editor= distribution= premiere= 2004 length= 93 minutes language= English imdb id= 0435710 amg id=… …   Wikipedia

  • Afghanistan — Islamic Republic of Afghanistan جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان Jomhūrī ye Eslāmī ye Afġānistān (Persian) د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت Da Afġānistān Islāmī Jomhoriyat …   Wikipedia

  • Opposition to the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — Foreign troops forcibly breaking into an Afghan home to conduct a house search, with a woman and child in the background. Opposition to the decade long Afghanistan war stems from numerous factors these include the view that the U.S. invasion of… …   Wikipedia

  • Trans-Afghanistan-Pipeline — Die Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan Pipeline (Abk. TAP), im angelsächsischen Raum auch Trans Afghanistan Pipeline, ist ein geplantes Erdgas Transportsystem. Die Pipeline soll unter der Federführung der Asiatischen Entwicklungsbank projektiert… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline — Die Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan Pipeline (Abk. TAP), im angelsächsischen Raum auch Trans Afghanistan Pipeline, ist ein geplantes Erdgas Transportsystem. Die Pipeline soll unter der Federführung der Asiatischen Entwicklungsbank projektiert… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Transafghanische Pipeline — Die Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan Pipeline (Abk. TAP), im angelsächsischen Raum auch Trans Afghanistan Pipeline, ist ein geplantes Erdgas Transportsystem. Die Pipeline soll unter der Federführung der Asiatischen Entwicklungsbank projektiert… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”