Russian pipe maker OAO TMK (TRMKG.RS) said Thursday that it has been awarded a large-diameter pipe-supply contract for the Malay-Batiyarlik pipeline in Turkmenistan.
TMK is to supply 28,000 metric tons of pipes for the Turkmen part of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline.
With a total length of 7,000 kilometers, the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline will stretch across Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and China. The pipeline will span 188 kilometers in Turkmenistan, 530 kilometers in Uzbekistan, 1300 kilometers in Kazakhstan and more than 4,500 kilometers in China.