The third stage involves a spur pipeline located in Uzbekistan, which will supply the existing 1,800 km Turkmenistan – China Gas Pipeline with an additional 25 Bcm/a of gas. Additional information on the project was not disclosed.

Asia Trans Gas, a joint venture between Uzbekneftegaz and China National Petroleum Company, has been founded to design, construct and operate the Uzbek section of Turkmenistan – China gas pipeline.

The Turkmenistan – China pipeline transports gas from eastern Turkmen fields near the border of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the west, through central Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan, and enters China at Horgos Port in Xinjiang.