Afghanistan begins work on TAPI pipeline
Published by Isabel Stagg,
Editorial Assistant
World Pipelines,
Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have now begun construction of the Afghan section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline.
To mark the launch of work on the pipeline’s Serhetabat-Herat section, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty (People’s Council) of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the Prime Minister of the Taliban-led Afghan government, attended a ceremony at a checkpoint on the Turkmen-Afghan border on 11 September 2024.
The staged installation of the TAPI pipeline, already completed in Turkmenistan, will eventually transfer 33 billion m3 of Turkmen natural gas annually to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
At an estimated cost of US$10 billion, the TAPI pipeline will span 1814 km. With 816 km running through Afghanistan, the project will meet the country’s gas needs, generating around US$450 million in annual transit fees, before continuing on to Quetta and Multan in Pakistan and Fazilka in India.
Gas-rich Turkmenistan currently exports natural gas to China and Russia but once completed, the TAPI project will enable the country to diversify its export routes and help realize far-reaching plans to transport its gas across the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Europe.
Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund stated that the commencement of work on the TAPI project on Afghan soil would strengthen relations between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, whilst speaking from Ashgabat via videoconferencing, Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, announced, “The commencement of the TAPI project [on the Afghan territory] and other projects is beneficial not only for Afghanistan but also for the countries in the region.”
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