The construction site at Gwadar port in the Arabian Sea. An LNG terminal at Gwadar port would have the capacity to handle up to 1 billion cubic feet per day of the fuel. Behram Baloch / AFP
The construction site at Gwadar port in the Arabian Sea. An LNG terminal at Gwadar port would have the capacity to handle up to 1 billion cubic feet per day of the fuel. Behram Baloch / AFP
Geopolitics and corporate interests mean that a planned $7.5bn pipeline project has stalled. But now there is an alternative approach, writes Syed Fazl-e-Haider.