Iran Gas Trunkline Project Makes 80 Percent Progress

Operations to replace the first Iran Gas Trunkline (IGAT-1) with a new pipeline has registered 80% progress, managing director of the state-run Iran Gas Engineering and Development Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Gas Company, said.
“IGAT-1 is over 50 years old and is being replaced with a new pipeline,” Reza Noshadi was also quoted as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news portal.
The first part of IGAT-1 extends from Lakan, a village in Lakan rural district, in Rasht County to Chelevand rural district, Astara County in Gilan Province.
Noshadi said pipe-laying operations of Rasht-Chelevand, a 42-inch 152-km pipeline, has made 80% progress and is expected to become operational in October.