The turkmenistanafghanistanpakistanindia pipeline tapi, also known as transafghanistan pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the galkynysh tapi pipeline company limited with participation of the asian development bank. Now that pipeline construction is burgeoning worldwide, these fundamental precautions of pipeline project design and operation have become increasingly important. The afghanistan oil pipeline was a project proposed by several oil companies to transport oil from azerbaijan and central asia through afghanistan to pakistan and india. Us bombs on afghanistan after us embassies are attacked in africa on february 4, 1998 and may 30, 1998, very heavy earthquakes shook the north east of afghanistan. As the author ahmed rashid has documented, in 1995 the us oil company unocal started negotiating to build oil and gas pipelines from turkmenistan, through afghanistan and. Jul 01, 2016 the afghan oil pipeline and the us negotiations with the taliban i always mention the tapi pipeline turkmenistna afghanistan pakistanindia, which would unlock the natural gas of central asia turkmenistan, azerbaijan, and send it to india and the indian ocean.
This most recent wave of attacks comes after us military forces attacked taliban and east turkestan islamic movement training camps in afghanistan, february 7. Route to riches afghanistan has huge strategic importance for the west as a corridor to the untapped fuel reserves in central asia, reports andy rowell published on wed 24 oct 2001 03. The afghanistan oil pipeline was a project proposed by several oil companies to transport oil. It should be noted that the relationship between the surge in afghanistan s opium production and the us. In the 1990s, the american unocal corporation considered in addition to the transafghanistan gas pipeline building also a 1,600kilometrelong 1,000 mi 1,000,000 barrels per day 5.
The us constitution, implemented in 1789, began shifting power away from the states and toward the federal government, though the states today retain substantial legal authority. Even if there was, america still doesnt invade countries just because they have oil. This is the nebregulated segment of the portlandmontreal pipeline system. The bush oil team, which can now rely on the support of the interim prime minister of afghanistan, may think that war and oil profits mix. The first time i heard about this oil pipeline in afghanistan was from michael moore on the tv. David ray griffin spells out a more detailed chronology here. The pipeline war in afghanistan by musa khan jalalzai. As this is a long article, we include it in full here with 911 summary statements highlighted. The pipeline war in afghanistan jalalzai, musa khan on. We see that the groundwork for the current us military actions in afghanistan was being built for several years. Though the primary us motivation is to destroy osama bin ladens sanctuary in afghanistan, another, rather more p. The origin of the bombingafghanistanforoilpipelines theory.
In 2017 afghanistans growth rate was only marginally above that. This strategy was originally developed in the late 1940s to contain communist china. In addition, if peace and stability were to return to afghanistan, and a new pipeline to central asia was to be built, the principal beneficiaries would undoubtedly be the afghans, as well as pakistan, turkmenistan, and the other central asians. Jan 10, 20 the new war for afghanistan s untapped oil. Oil pipeline in afghanistan ars technica openforum.
A theory making the rounds on the internet, on the airwaves, and in the press claims that the bombing of the taliban has nothing to do with a war on terrorism but everything to do with the oil pipeline the west wants to build through afghanistan. Due to massive insurgency by elements of the taliban and alqaida fighting u. That is the truth behind the lies the government spin. The afghanistan war was planned before 911 see this and this. Oil pipelines played role in us invasion of iraq oil. Us planned war in afghanistan long before september 11. But, confronted with talibans refusal to accept us conditions, this rationale of energy security changed into a. Iraqi officials had hoped to increase the countrys oil production capacity to 3. The united states has pushed for alternate pipelines and encouraged european countries to diversify their sources of supply. Afghanistan breaks ground on 1,127mile peace pipeline. The united nations said it would rise 6 percent to 3,600 metric tons, while the white house said 2003 output would be 2,865 metric tons. The second time i read about the oil pipeline here at vans hardware. Oil company adviser named us representative to afghanistan. Taliban secret oil diplomacy, saudi arabia and the failed search for bin laden wayne madsen, jeancharles brisard, guillaume dasquie on.
Andy beckett enjoys lutz klevemans timely and vivid account of the. Jan 24, 2018 the talibanfrom the arabic word for student, talibare fundamentalist sunni muslims, mostly from afghanistans pashtun tribes. The chinese built their own pipeline between kazakhstan and china, which actually started to transport oil in the spring of 2011. Natural gas transmission pipeline, fengle town of wuwei city, northwest chinas gansu province. In the story of the competition for afghan route to central asian oil by bridas and unocal, we seem to anticipate the story of western oil companies and the middle eastern oil producing countries.
No matter who comes to power in afghanistan if the antitaliban operation succeeds, the first goal of a new government would be to restore the ruined economy. Us planned war in afghanistan long before september 11 by patrick martin 20 november 2001 insider accounts published in the british, french and indian media have revealed that us officials. The pipeline will transport natural gas from the galkynysh gas field in turkmenistan through afghanistan into pakistan and then to india. Lutz klevemans timely, panoramic book examines the consequences of the presence of. If the us invasion of afghanistan and iraq were the.
In 1998, dick cheney then ceo of halliburton, a major us oilservices. The pipeline will transport natural gas from the galkynysh gas field in. In 2017 afghanistan s growth rate was only marginally above that of the 20142016 average. The afghan oil pipeline and the us negotiations with the taliban. Aug 05, 2009 british troops are being slaughtered in afghanistan for gas and oil pipelines. The quotes about the american bases being along the line of the projected oil line and the unocal appointees are highlighted for your viewing ease. Until now, says the book, the oil and gas reserves of central asia have been controlled by russia. In his book taliban, ahmed rashid explains how pakistan and the us. The latest trial balloon is to split afghanistan in two, and then use the. Yes, it was a inside job to have a good reason to begin a new criminal aggression war of conquest about oil and oil pipelines,theft of the richdom of middel east,afrika and asia. I know the fields are there because i am following a map of afghanistan s oil and natural gas riches produced by the united states governments us. Afghanistan to pakistan for gas exporters, cost rises with length of pipeline. But also to keep israel the big super power in the region and dest. The us constitution, implemented in 1789, began shifting power away from the states and toward the federal government, though the.
Recently built pipelines for oil and gas originate in azerbaijan and extend through georgia to turkey. Even with this help, government of afghanistan still faces number of challenges, including low revenue collection, anemic job creation, high levels of corruption, weak government capacity, and poor public infrastructure. The wars that really are about the oil the spectator. Spelling it out bushcheneybig oil and afghanistans taliban negotiated for months over running a caspian sea oil pipeline through afghanistan. Oil, gas and the us interest in afghanistan richard tanter oil and gas are not the reason the us has attacked afghanistan, but afghanistan has long had a key place in us plans to secure control of the vast but landlocked oil and gas reserves of central asia. The invasion of afghanistan is certainly a campaign against terrorism. Map of oil and natural gas pipelines in the united states sept 2015 pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration.
After september 11 attacks some people came to believe that a possible motivation for the attacks included justifying the invasions of afghanistan as well as geostrategic interests such as the trans afghanistan pipeline project. The truth behind the american occupation of afghanistan. Given this, it may not surprise some pipeline veterans that the. One of the ways of doing so is the construction of the central asian gas pipeline, a promising project that has been in works for almost ten years. But, confronted with talibans refusal to accept us conditions, this rationale of energy security changed into a military one, the authors claim. Oil wars and the unsolved death of americas man in the. Afghanistan s opium economy is a multibillion dollar operation which feeds the surge of the us heroin market which is currently the object of debate and public concern. The new war for afghanistans untapped oil the atlantic. Until now, says the book, the oil and gas reserves of central asia have. Us planned war in afghanistan long before september 11 world.
Central asian oil, enron and the afghanistan pipelines. The taliban dominates large swaths of afghanistan and a large part of pakistans federally administered tribal areas, semiautonomous tribal lands along the afghanpakistan border that serve as training grounds for terrorists. Apparently oblivious to the fact that the streets of the american military. Afghanistan breaks ground on 1,127mile peace pipeline the. But there is simply too much evidence that the war in afghanistan was primarily about building unocals pipeline, not about fighting terrorism. Information that should have shown what kind of attack alqaeda would make. The united states has supported pipelines to bypass russia and.
Taliban in exchange for the fundamentalist governments supporting the construction of an oil and gas pipeline across afghanistan. By february 2002, iraqi oil production had recovered to about 2. The filmmakers were shooting in several locations of afghanistan, pakistan and iraq besides the united states, interviewing local people or local authorities. However, he clearly documents the preeminence of the oil pipeline in our management or mismanagement of that country following the invasion. The shortest and cheapest export route for turkmenistan oil and for its vast gas reserves is through afghanistan. The united states in afghanistan, colombia, and indochina, explores the underlying factors that have engendered a u.
The united states was founded not as one nation but as a union of colonies, each claiming independence from the british crown. Taliban secret oil diplomacy, saudi arabia and the failed search for bin laden. They attracted a lot of international attention and many groups of relief workers came into the northeast of afghanistan to help. The great importance of this book extends well beyond the new.
The united states and the united nations also gave different estimates for afghanistans opium production in 2003. A good time to abolish pipelines popularresistance. Afghanistan, central asia, georgia key to oil profits. They lied to get us into iraq and they are lieing now about why we went into afghanistan. Oct 23, 2001 as the author ahmed rashid has documented, in 1995 the us oil company unocal started negotiating to build oil and gas pipelines from turkmenistan, through afghanistan and into pakistani ports on.
Oil, gas and the us interest in afghanistan oil and gas are not the direct causes of the war in afghanistan, but understanding the motives of longterm us policy is. The afghan oil pipeline and the us negotiations with the. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. The afghanistan pipeline route was pushed by the usbased unocal oil.
Oil companies first proposed the pipeline in 1995 as a means to bring landlocked central asian energy to market, but it dropped off their agenda after the taliban took control of afghanistan the. Gazprom, the russian natural gas monopoly, has found no backing for its. Azerbaijan, tajikistan, turkmenistan, uzbekistan, kazakhstan and kyrgyzstan, all oil rich states. Turkmenistanafghanistanpakistanindia pipeline wikipedia. Jan 03, 2002 oil company adviser named us representative to afghanistan by patrick martin 3 january 2002 president bush has appointed a former aide to the american oil company unocal, afghanborn zalmay. The united states and the united nations also gave different estimates for afghanistan s opium production in 2003. Talks began in february and continued right on until only one month before new york citys world trade center towers were demolished. As documented in the book i coauthored with guillaume dasquie, bin laden. Afghanistan oil pipeline planned alashankoudushanzi crude oil pipeline. American oil companies have acquired rights to as much as 75 percent. Politics influences the construction and operation of oil and gas pipelines.
Along the way at patoka, keystone delivers crude oil to the plains terminal which facilitates delivery to local refineries via third party pipelines. References definitions and notes the world factbook. The afghan oil pipeline and the us negotiations with the taliban i always mention the tapi pipeline turkmenistna afghanistan pakistanindia, which would unlock the natural gas of central asia turkmenistan, azerbaijan, and send it to india and the indian ocean. Other examples are iraq, afghanistan and unocals oil pipeline from the caspian sea. British troops are being slaughtered in afghanistan for gas and oil pipelines. Moves crude from atlantic to suncor refinery at montreal. Now that we have that all cleared up why did we actually invade afghanistan. Usbombs on afghanistan after us embassies are attacked in africa on february 4, 1998 and may 30, 1998, very heavy earthquakes shook the north east of afghanistan. Oil company adviser named us representative to afghanistan by patrick martin 3 january 2002 president bush has appointed a former aide to the.
Explosive new book published in france alleges that u. Where the great game in afghanistan was once about czars and commissars seeking access to the warm water ports of the persian gulf, today it is about laying oil and gas pipelines via the. The new deal on the pipeline was signed on 27 december 2002 by the leaders of turkmenistan, afghanistan and pakistan. The united states supports tapi and views it as an important project for all the countries that are party to it. Afghanistan is well situated for oil and gas pipelines to serve much of south asia, pipelines that can bypass those notyet washington clients, iran and russia. Reports admit this is a war for oil by chris marsden 27 october 2001 britains media has hardly distinguished itself during the us bombing of afghanistan, other than for its willingness. Oct 29, 2001 western influence in afghanistan would, at best, remain shaky. Afghanistan, central asia, georgia key to oil profits by karen talbot censored 2003, pp148163 by putting various pieces of the puzzle together we begin to get a picture of what really is behind bushs war on terrorism. New book details bushbig oil negotiations with taliban. As documented in the book i coauthored with guillaume dasquie.
A minority of us have put up a struggle against oil and gas pipelines locally, where we live, or on indigenous lands in north america, without always recognizing that much of the oil and gas from these pipelines, if they are built, will go to fueling the planes and tanks and trucks of distant wars and certainly without recognizing the. Such pipeline would have to run over pakistan and afghanistan. The oil factor, alternatively known as behind the war on terror, is an approximately 90 minute. The forbidden truth, the clinton and bush administrations. Afghanistan a war for gas and oil pipelines lee john barnes. In a statement given to cnn, hekmatyar says that he is willing to help the us and nato forces if they announce a pullout timeline and prepare to leave afghanistan. In july 1998, the taliban, after having failed in 1997 to take the northern city of mazarisharif, finally succeeded, giving it control of most of afghanistan. Especially useful is that this book is thoroughly grounded in detailed case studies of ten recent major pipelines in developing countries by experienced. Jan 15, 2003 the pipeline war in afghanistan jalalzai, musa khan on. Us preparing for a war with afghanistan before 911, increasing control of asia before and since. The idea that afghanistan was attacked in order to construct oil and gas pipelines through afghanistan is a common one. On the eve of the afghan elections, hezbiislami leader gulbuddin hekmatyar speaks out on the war in afghanistan in statements to various media outlets.
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