Earlier this month, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that progress had been achieved in working out the basic technical and commercial parameters and preparing a framework agreement on construction of the TAPI gas pipeline.
“The Government of Turkmenistan will hold all the necessary work to sign a contract this year on sales of natural gas within TAPI project,” Mr Berdimuhamedov said.
Meanwhile, Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has also shown support for the pipeline project, saying that Islamabad would like construction of the project to commence without further delay in order to meet the country’s growing shortages of energy.
The $US3.2 billion project includes the construction of a 1,460 km pipeline running from Turkmenistan’s Dauletabad-Donmez gas fields, through Afghanistan, to Multan in Pakistan.
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The pipeline will be extended to the port city of Gwadar, in Pakistan, where a gas-liquefaction plant would allow gas to be supplied to international destinations.
In April 2008, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and India signed the framework agreement on construction of the TAPI gas pipeline.
The project received a new impetus to develop in May 2010 during the state visit of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to India, where the Turkmen leader held the successful talks with President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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