Pakistan’s Economy Minister Omar Ayub Khan estimated the cost of building the Pakistan Flow gas pipeline. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
According to him, the project can cost $ 3.5 billion. Minister of Energy of Russia Nikolay Shulginov estimated the probable capacity of a gas pipeline of 16 billion cubic meters per year.
Previously, the Pakistani ambassador to Russia Shafkat Ali Khan said that countries are close to launching the construction of the Pakistan Flow gas pipeline, only a few questions remained. He did not disclose the details of the project, but confirmed that Islamabad is very optimistic.
“Pakistani Stream” must associate the port city of Karachi, the largest in Pakistan, with Lahore at the other end of the country, where power plants operating on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be built. The parties affixed the parties in 2015, but only in May 2021 a document on the practical implementation of the project was signed.