this is news is old , the new route will by bass Pakistan's eez as pointed out in the link you provided onlyThese projects are expensive and even worse are still subject to Pakistan's involvement at some level. This is by no means a done deal so don't count your chickens yet ...
However, that situation has changed after the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) extended Pakistan’s seabed territory by another 150 kms on March 19.
The extension of the continental shelf from 200 nautical miles to 350 nautical miles would give Islamabad special rights with regards to exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production in the area under its jurisdiction, also described as its EEZ.
India’s assessment is that Pakistan, which is not a beneficiary of the sub-sea pipeline, was unlikely to allow the pipeline to cross its exclusive economic zone as in 1995 when Islamabad blocked a proposed deep-sea pipeline from Oman to India because it crossed its exclusive economic zone.
Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, coastal nations are allowed economic control of the waters and seabed up to 200 nautical miles from their shores. They can further claim an extended shelf up to 350 nautical miles from the baseline of sea if they prove that the claimed area was a natural prolongation of their land.
The second problem that could crop up is that the SAGE project hinges on an offshore gas compression station on Qualhat Seamount (Murray Ridge), about 300km from the Omani coast. The seamount could now fall under Pakistan’s control and the station can be set up with Islamabad’s approval, said officials.
- See more at: Stuck in the pipeline: A $4-billion deep-sea gas project | The Indian Express
Stuck in the pipeline: A $4-billion deep-sea gas project | The Indian Express
Yes we need compression station but there is no such need that it must through the pakistani EEZ, Murray bridge location can be shifted according to situation and yes it will increase the capital cost of pipeline.
10000 ft=3048 mtr=304 bar pressure.one more thing higher the outer pressure more pressurized gas can be transported.
IRAN should sign up a deal with Pakistan for a possible investment in making pipelines from Iranian border to Pakistan for Oil and Gas and also some more Lines of Oil and Gas for China and India. More over, Iran should allow Turkmenistan to use its own land to supply Oil and Gas to countries in need of it that are not looking to buy Oil and Gas from Iran like EU.TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Director General of National Iranian Gas Export Company Alireza Kameli said the country is ready to sign an agreement with a major Indian company for the export of Iran's natural gas to the Subcontinent.
After India left the IP Gas Pipeline project, a consortium of some Indian companies headed by South Asia Gas Enterprise Pvt. Ltd. (SAGE) expressed willingness to import Iran's natural gas, Kameli told SHANA on Saturday.
He went on to say that the company is waiting for the termination of anti-Iran sanctions to fund the construction of a 3000 km underwater (deep-sea) pipeline.
The history of border conflicts between India and Pakistan made the Indian side opt for using a totally independent pipeline for importing gas from Iran, Kameli added.
For years there has been talk of an India-Iran-Oman energy triangle, whereby an under-sea natural gas pipeline would connect Oman and India. As India's economy grows, demand for gas will continue to exceed supply from domestic sources and imported gas will play an important role in bridging the demand-supply gap in the market.
At first, India was supposed to import gas from Iran via a land pipeline that is to carry gas to Pakistan, but it backed out of the project in 2007, citing security concerns in Pakistani territory. After that, Iran and Pakistan decided to go it alone.
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I don't see any disturbance for Pakistan.
win win situation for both of us...
