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Turkmenistan to start TAPI gas pipeline construction in December 2015

Turkmenistan has signed a decree for implementation of the “Program of Development of Oil and Gas Industry of Turkmenistan until 2030", which, among other things, orders to start laying the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline’s section that is to run through Turkmenistan. Construction of the 33 bcm/year gas pipeline, by state-owned companies Turkmengaz and Turkmennebitgazgurlushyk, is to start on 13 December 2015 while all the TAPI related facilities are expected to be commissioned in December 2018.

The pipeline will run 200 km through the Turkmen territory from Galkynysh, the largest gas field in Turkmenistan, then another 735 km in Afghanistan passing through the cities of Herat and Kandahar, and finally 800 km across Pakistan to reach the India-Pakistan border. The total costs of the 1,735 km long gas pipeline project’s is estimated at up to US$10bn.

The TAPI project is led by a consortium of Turkmengaz, Afghan Gas Corporation, Inter State Gas Systems (Pakistan) and GAIL (India).