Afghanistan decides to quit TAPI project – Pakistan oil and gas news – part one
Thursday, March 29th, 2012 5:40:24 by Ahmed Tariq
Afghanistan decides to quit TAPI project – Pakistan oil and gas news – part one
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan has decided to opt out of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project and if Afghanistan does, then its share of 500 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) gas will be distributed between Pakistan zand India.
This was stated by Petroleum Secretary Ejaz Chaudhary while talking to a group of energy reporters on Wednesday.
He said that final round of TAPI project between energy managers of Tetra partners is expected to be held on April 19 in Kabul, and if Afghanistan is not ready to be a part of TAPI project, then the share of Afghanistan would be distributed between Pakistan
and India.
Under the agreement Pakistan and India’s share is 1,325 mmcfd each and if Afghanistan.
The 1,680 kilometres (kms) long TAPI gas pipeline backed by the Asian Development Bank will bring 3.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (bcfd) from Turkmenistan’s gas fields to Multan and end at the northwestern Indian town of Fazilka.
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Posted by Ahmed Tariq
on Mar 29 2012. Filed under Sci-Tech.
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