Turkmengas
Turkmenistan
Date: August 2009
Deal: Iran, according to the Tehran Times, increased the amount of gas it imported from Turkmenistan beginning in December 2009 (Tehran Times (Iran), October 13, 2009). According to the Tehran Times, the Dovletabat-Sarakhs-Khangiran gas pipeline to Iran diversified Turkmenistan's gas exports, which increased to "20 bcm a year" (Tehran Times (Iran), August 15, 2009). According to Press TV, "the gas will be delivered to Iran's Khangiran gas refinery, located in the northeastern city of Mashhad" (PressTV (Iran), September 23, 2009). In September of that year, the Tehran Times reported that the National Iranian Oil Company signed a deal with Ankara to ship a portion of the gas it will receive from the Dovletabat-Sarakhs-Khangiran pipeline to Turkey (Tehran Times (Iran), September 14, 2009).