ISLAMABAD, AUGUST 2: Turkmenistan and Pakistan have agreed to quicken the TAPI pipeline project’s development. Over a distance of 1,800 km (1,125 miles), the pipeline is anticipated to transport 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas annually from Galkynysh, the second-largest gas resource in the world, to the Indian city of Fazilka, which is close to the Pakistani border.
Following a meeting between Minister of Petroleum Musadik Malik and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Cabinet of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredow, who was visiting Pakistan for two days, Radio Pakistan stated that “Pakistan and Turkmenistan have decided to accelerate work on TAPI gas pipeline project.”
According to Radio Pakistan, Musadik stated, “Great strides have been achieved via cooperation on the TAPI Gas Pipeline project intended to promote economic integration and energy security.”
The pipeline project has made “significant progress and was on the right track due to the interest of Pakistan’s Ministry of Petroleum and Special Investment Facilitation Council,” according to the CEO of TAPI Pipeline Company, who was present at the meeting.
Turkmenistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashid Meredow, announced that a “roadmap” will be created to improve Pakistan-Turkmenistan relations.
TAPI undertaking
The project is for the construction of a 1,680-kilometer pipeline with a 56-inch diameter that can carry 3.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day (bcfd) from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan and Pakistan to the border between Pakistan and India.
According to the terms of the TAPI deal, Afghanistan would receive its portion of 0.5 billion cubic feet of gas per day, while Pakistan and India will each receive 1.325 billion cubic feet of gas per day.
In order to carry out the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, Pakistan and Turkmenistan inked a cooperative implementation plan in Islamabad on June 4.
