Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Jan. 6
By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend:
Afghanistan is working to improve security of large-scale economic projects in the country, including the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, Nebit-Gaz, online newspaper of the country’s Oil and Gas Complex, reported quoting the Interior Ministry of Afghanistan.
It is expected that practical work on the TAPI project in Afghanistan will begin in February 2018. The pipeline is scheduled to run along the Kandahar-Herat Highway in western Afghanistan, and further through the cities of Quetta and Multan in Pakistan. The pipeline’s route will end in the Indian city of Fazilka.
Gas distribution centers will be set up in the Afghan provinces of Herat, Kandahar and Helmand once the implementation of the TAPI gas pipeline project starts in 2018.
Construction of the Turkmen section of the TAPI gas pipeline began in December 2015. The design capacity of TAPI reaches 33 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
However, Afghanistan plays a transit role in this project. It is expected that the annual revenue from transit will bring the country about $1 billion annually.