TAPI GAS PIPELINE

About:

• Route:
  • The 1,814-kilometre pipeline will start from the Galkynysh gas field in Turkmenistan.
    
    
  • It will then pass through Afghanistan and Pakistan to finally reach the Indian town of Fazilka (near the Indo-Pak border).
    
    
  
  
  
• Capacity:
  • The pipeline aims to bring 33 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas to South Asia for 30 years.
    
    
  • Of this, 5 billion cubic metres (180 billion cubic feet) will be provided to Afghanistan and 14 billion cubic metres (490 billion cubic feet) to each Pakistan and India.
    
    
  
  
  
• Background:
  • The original project started in 1995, but got delayed due to various reasons.
    
    
  • In February 2018, ground-breaking ceremony for Afghanistan's section of TAPI gas pipeline was held in the western Afghan city of Herat.
    
    
  
  
  
• Pricing: In 2013, the four nations signed a Gas Sale Purchase Agreement (GSPA) that bench-marked the price of natural gas that Turkmenistan is to export at 55% of the prevailing crude oil price.