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Iran, Pakistan sign pact

Islamabad : In an apparent bid to push India out of the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline project, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to lay a bilateral gas pipeline with 33 per cent higher supplies to Islamabad. The agreement would make it difficult for India to remain a part of the multi-billion dollar tri-nation Iran Pakistan India gas project due to capacity constraints. Pakistan increased its off-take of gas from the pipeline from 2.1 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) to 2.8 bcfd, making it difficult for the pipeline to accommodate India's demand, as the capacity of the proposed 2600 km pipeline is only 3.2 Bcfd.

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