The much-discussed Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline will be built by 2017, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said today. Moily had earlier this week visit Ashgabat to attend the 17th Steering Committee meeting for the TAPI project. He also met Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. "The Turkmen President gave a categorical personal commitment and expressed strong determination for the timely implementation of the TAPI project," Moily told reporters here. The multi-billion dollar project is to be executed by a consortium of international energy firms but no company with experience in building and operating transnational pipelines has so far come forward. The energy giants want a stake in the gas field in Turkmenistan as an incentive for building TAPI. deccanherald/content/344168/tapi-pipeline-ready-2017-moily.html
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:28:21 +0000
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