External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid discussed a proposal of the country to build an oil pipeline in Kazakhstan during a meeting with Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov.
According to media reports, the proposed pipeline may have to cover over 930 miles, making it longer than a long-planned pipeline from Turkmenistan.
The Kazakh project would lead to Uzbekistan’s refining city of Shymkent and follow the route for the planned Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Indian (TAPI) natural gas pipeline.
Khurshid said he would raise the issue during an upcoming meeting on Afghanistan in Istanbul and during a planned visit to Astana.
Kashagan oil field, which is located in Kazakhstan, is one of the largest in the world, with as much as 16 billion barrels of estimated commercial reserves. No transit volumes were mentioned for the Kazakh pipeline proposal.
TAPI is a US-backed counterpart to an Iranian natural gas pipeline that once counted India as a partner.
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