The pipeline was to be built in cooperation with the Russian gas company Gazprom.

[4] In addition to export, the pipeline will supply the central and Caspian region of Turkmenistan.

It creates a system connecting all the major gas fields of Turkmenistan.

[9][10] [11] The pipeline is intended to be mainly supplied from the Galkynysh, Dauletabad, Yashlar, and Minara gas fields.

Length of the pipeline is 773 kilometres (480 mi) with a capacity of 30 billion cubic metres (1.1 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas per year, delivered by eight compressor stations.