industryterm:gas pipeline

Pakistan begins construction of Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/15/paki-m15.html

Pakistan begins construction of Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline
By Vilani Peiris and Sarath Kumara
15 March 2013

Amid US threats to impose sanctions on his country, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari joined Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a ceremony breaking ground on construction of the Pakistani portion of a planned Iran-Pakistan pipeline on Monday.

With national elections due in May, Zardari and his ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) will seek to gain electoral advantage by using the pipeline to posture as being independent from Washington. Iran sees the project as a way to counter the crippling economic sanctions the US has imposed on it, based on unsubstantiated allegations that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.

#énergie #transport #gaz #iran #pakistan

Pakistan, Iran, defy US sanctions

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Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Pakistani president Asaf Ali Zardari on Monday inaugurated a gas pipeline that will supply Iranian ( he means Pakistan? ) cities with Iranian natural gas. The pipeline has been largely completed on the Iranian side, but Pakistan had problems getting the international financing to complete its leg, which will cost $1.5 billion. Iran is loaning Pakistan $500 million, and Pakistan is putting up the other billion from its own resources. They plan to complete the project by the end of 2014.

IP gas pipeline: Russia to know next week if they are in or out – The Express Tribune
http://tribune.com.pk/story/432116/ip-gas-pipelinel-russia-to-know-next-week-if-they-are-in-or-out

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia are going in for final rounds of negotiations next week to decide whether energy giant Gazprom will participate in the project or not amid sanctions imposed by the US on Iran.

#tube #pakistan #gazprom #iran

Et de 12. Egypt-Israel pipeline hit
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/egyptian-protests-continue-egypt-israel-pipeline-hit

Elsewhere an explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in the volatile Sinai region.

The pipeline, which also supplies gas to Jordan, has come under attack at least 12 times since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February 2011.

Du gaz iranien pour la Jordanie ? Pouah ! Ce serait bien mieux avec du gaz israélien ! Géopolitique du gaz au Moyen-Orient.
Jordan’s energy crisis | Jordan Times
http://www.jordantimes.com/index.php?news=43843

While Iran has offered to supply Jordan with gas to make up for lost Egyptian imports, this option would increase the Iranian influence in the region and pose strategic risks to Jordan. Creating a Jordanian dependence on Iran for gas would increase Tehran’s ability to pressure Amman on issues related to regional security. This would erode Jordanian sovereignty and introduce a new strategic vulnerability into the region.

Developing strategic dependence on Iran would also complicate the US-Jordan relations and might invoke calls in the US to reexamine the economic aid and military assistance to Jordan.

Jordan’s energy sector strategy has concentrated mainly on the diversification of the sources that supply energy. The recent discovery of natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean would enable Israel, in an atmosphere of peace in the region, with the opportunity to export gas to Jordan and boost bilateral economic relations. Such exports would ignite large-scale economic projects which are highly feasible, like fertilisers, methanol and electricity generation plants. These projects would add force to the Jordanian economy and help solve many chronic structural economic problems in Jordan, enhancing and deepening stable regional relationships.

Moreover, building a large electricity generation plant with long-term purchase power agreements with both the Israelis and the Palestinians would make the Kingdom a net electricity exporter.

The construction of an Israel-Jordan pipeline would be far less expensive, and faster, than one to Europe, for example, which could be an option for Israel. This, in turn, will enable negotiating the price Jordan pays for gas.

Egypt gas pipeline ’blown up by saboteurs’ - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/11/2011112814513873795.html

A pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan has been blown up in northern Egypt by saboteurs, witnesses and security sources said.

Monday’s blast took place some 30km west of the town of El-Arish, near the Israeli border, a few hours before the country holds its first free election since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February.

On perd le compte. On doit en être à 9 sabotages des pipelines livrant du gaz égyptien à Israël.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFu58li2KJ4

Saboteurs blow up Egypt gas pipeline : news agency | Top News | Reuters
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7AO05L20111125

Saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline 60 km (37 miles) west of the Egyptian town of al-Arish in northern Sinai on Friday, the latest in series of attacks, state news agency MENA reported.

The blast caused little damage and did not start a fire because little gas was flowing through the pipeline at the time due to repair work from a previous attack, MENA said.

Encore ? On est à environ 8 attentats contre les pipeline livrant du gaz égyptien à Israël depuis le début de la révolution.

AFP : Blasts hit Egypt gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gZTc5h4VQdqhke_5HnPdUsmjSvFA?docId=CNG.d62d22c93ba4c2e61fbd1288db4c679

An Egyptian pipeline delivering gas to Israel and Jordan was hit by two explosions Thursday, Egypt’s security services and state media said, the seventh time it has been attacked by militants this year.

A first blast occurred around 1:00 am (2300 GMT Wednesday) 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of the town of Al-Arish in the north of the Sinai peninsula, a security source said.

A second unexplained explosion took place near a pumping station in the same sector, the official news agency MENA said, adding that the army was deploying in the region.

C’est très étonnant, cette habitude qu’on les gazoducs égyptiens à faire boum quand votre cœur fait boum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gws6V_9pxhs

Libya — ’yet one more battleground between the U.S. and China’
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10220-commentary-libya-yet-one-more-battleground-between-the-us-and-china.htm

In their [Charlie] Sheen-style hysteria — with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton desperately offering “any kind of assistance” — Western politicians did not bother to consult with the people who are risking their lives to overthrow Gaddafi.  At a press conference in Benghazi, the spokesman for the brand new Libyan National Transitional Council, human-rights lawyer Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga, was blunt.  “We are against any foreign intervention or military intervention in our internal affairs . . . This revolution will be completed by our people.”

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This tsunami of hypocrisy inevitably raises the question; what does the West know about the Arab world anyway? Recently the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) praised a certain northern African country for its “ambitious reform agenda” and its “strong macroeconomic performance and the progress on enhancing the role of the private sector.” The country was Libya. The IMF had only forgotten to talk to the main actors: the Libyan people.

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Once again; it’s the oil, stupid. A crucial strategic factor for Washington is that post-Gaddafi Libya may represent a bonanza for U.S. Big Oil — which for the moment has been kept away from Libya. Under this perspective, Libya may be considered as yet one more battleground between the U.S. and China. But while China goes for energy and business deals in Africa, the U.S. bets on its forces in AFRICOM as well as NATO advancing “military cooperation” with the African Union.

The anti-Gaddafi movement must remain on maximum alert. It’s fair to argue the absolute majority of Libyans are using all their resourcefulness and are wiling to undergo any sacrifice to build a united, transparent, and democratic country. And they will do it on their own.

#Libye

Egypt-Israel gas pipeline attacked - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/20112572657906674.html

Unknown attackers have blown up a pipeline that runs through Egypt’s North Sinai and supplies gas to Israel, Egypt’s state television reported.

It was not immediately clear what impact Saturday’s blast had on gas flows.

#Égypte #Israël #gaz

Cyberwar: War in the fifth domain | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16478792?story_id=16478792

War in the fifth domain: Are the mouse and keyboard the new weapons of conflict? ...could enemies use logic bombs to, say, turn off the electricity from the other side of the world? Could terrorists or hackers cause financial chaos by tampering with Wall Street’s computerised trading systems? And given that computer chips and software are produced globally, could a foreign power infect high-tech military equipment with computer bugs? “It scares me to death,” says one senior military source. “The destructive potential is so great.”

#politics #war #cyberwar #internet #security