Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Feb. 22
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
The design and exploration work related to construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline has started in the Afghan city of Kabul, reports the online newspaper Nebit-Gaz.
The solemn ceremony dedicated to the start of the design and exploration work was attended by Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, heads of ministries and departments of the TAPI participating countries, the TAPI Pipeline Company Limited and the ILF Beratende Ingenieure GmbH of Germany.
The work envisages studying the pipeline’s route as well as engineering and feasibility studies for the TAPI project.
In the near future, similar work will start in Pakistan as well.
Construction of the Turkmen section of TAPI was launched on Dec. 13, 2015.
The annual capacity of the pipeline will reach 33 billion cubic meters of gas.