Kazakh president orders launch of Saryarka gas pipeline construction
By Trend
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered to launch the construction of Saryarka main gas pipeline within the framework of Industrialization Day, Trend reports citing the Kazakh media.
The gas pipeline is designed to provide gas to the central and northern parts of Kazakhstan.
"Saryarka main gas pipeline will run along the Kyzylorda-Zhezkazgan-Karaganda-Temirtau-Astana route. Its length is 1,061 kilometers with a capacity of 2.2 billion cubic meters of gas per year," said Director General of AstanaGas KMG JSC Sagidulla Makashev during the national teleconference with Nazarbayev.
Makashev noted that the implementation of this project will provide gas to 2.7 million Kazakhs.