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The Kirkuk Ceyhan pipeline crosses territory taken by Islamic State militants in 2014 and recaptured by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces over the past two years.

The TAPI pipeline is expected to link the regions of Central Asia and South Asia and transport up to 33 bcm of natural gas.

Both Iran and Indonesia have already announced serious plans to boost the level of their trade to as high as $2 billion.

Japan exploring opportunities in downstream and mid-stream sectors.

Saudi Aramco’s commitment to invest in India’s energy sector comes in the wake of the complete removal of subsidy and administered pricing of auto fuel since October 2014.

Iraq. OPEC’s second-largest producer. had approached PetroChina and Exxon Mobil about investing in the project.

Royal Dutch Shell said last month it had agreed with Iraq’s oil ministry to relinquish operations at the Majnoon field to the government after unfavorable changes to fiscal terms.

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has called on Ankara and Tehran to close checkpoints at the border with Iraqi Kurdistan.

Iran has over 400 years of gas resources available and Pakistan can take benefit of that by completing the gas pipeline project.

One of the main consequences here is the exploration by Turkish vessel Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa.