$10-billion Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Underway in Turkmenistan

Construction of a much-anticipated $10-billion pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India began Sunday, 25 years after the inception of the project. The so-called Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project aims to export up to 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year through the approximately 1,800-kilometer pipeline. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Indian vice president,...

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