- Tenders
- Turkmengaz State Concern announces the international tender
- for design and construction of the East-West gas pipeline in the territory of Turkmenistan and ground-based infrastructure to ensure the effective operation of the East-West gas pipeline.
The length of the East-West gas pipeline in the territory of Turkmenistan varies from 800 km to 1,000 km.
The works on design and construction of the East-West gas pipeline in the territory of Turkmenistan will be financed under the agreement between the Parties on the following terms:
- foreign investments;
- shared sponsorship of the Turkmen and foreign Parties on an equal footing;
- financing by the Turkmen Party.
The companies, firms, enterprises requesting for the tender are:
- to submit a written application on the intent to apply for a tender indicating an applicant’s full name, legal status, country of incorporation and details,
- to get acquainted with the tender procedures for design and construction of the industrial and social facilities for oil and gas and fish industries of Turkmenistan;
- to obtain tender documents after US$ 1,150 (one thousand one hundred and fifty) with VAT per lot are paid.
The eligible candidates should submit the applications to Turkmengaz State Concern at 56, Archabil Avenue, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
The deadline for submission of tender proposals is June 27, 2009.
The account will be specified after the written application is submitted.
For further information
website: www.oilgas.gov.tm
tel: (+99312) 40-33-39; 40-39-50; fax(+99312) 40-32-51State News Agency of Turkmenistan (TDH)
East-West Project: news guarantees of reliable transit of ‘blue fuel’
On March 27, 2009, Turkmengaz State Concern announced the international tender for design and construction the East-West gas pipeline in the territory of Turkmenistan on the instruction of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.The large-scale project provides for construction of the gas pipeline and necessary ground-based infrastructure. To imagine the scale of the works it should be noted that the length of the gas pipeline varies from 800 km to 1,000 km.
Foreign investments, shared sponsorship of the parties on an equal footing and financing by the customer – Turkmenistan are the terms of financing the project, which provides the new guarantees of the fulfillment of the commitments by Turkmenistan as one of the world’s exporters of ‘blue fuel’.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the decision to announce the international tender for design and construction of the East-West gas pipeline is a logical continuation of the Turkmen leader’s initiative to ensure the reliable transit of hydrocarbon resources to world markets and the UN Resolution on the Reliable and Stable Transit of Energy and Its Role in Ensuring Sustainable Development and International Cooperation approved by the UN General Assembly. To promote this initiative and the provisions of the Resolution the high-level international conference, which will bring together the representatives of dozens countries and large companies, leading experts, political scientists and journalists, will be held Ashgabat on April 23-24.
Enhancing international cooperation in this field Turkmenistan takes the serious steps to diversify development of the fuel and energy sector as a key trend in the energy security strategy. The key components of this strategy include the East-West Project, which will bring economic benefits to the participating states as well as potential consumers and transit countries, make the functioning of energy infrastructure more stable and provide the considerable positive impact on the economic and political processes in various regions of the world.
Standing steadfast to the principles of the wide multilateral dialogue on energy security, the MFA’s note says, Turkmenistan expresses the readiness to place its profound resource potential and advantages of the geographical location at the service for the sustainable development goals.