Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline

Current Context :  Afghanistan set to begin work on TAPI pipeline.

• Progress on the TAPI pipeline running through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India has been repeatedly delayed because of security issues in conflict-ravaged Afghanistan.

ABOUT TURKMENISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-INDIA (TAPI) GAS PIPELINE :

• It is an ambitious international infrastructure initiative aimed at transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan to India.
• Length : Approximately 1,814 kilometers long
• Capacity to transport up to 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year.
• Participant nations :
• Turkmenistan : Source of the gas.
• Afghanistan : Transit country, expected to gain from transit fees and infrastructure development.
• Pakistan : Transit country and an importer of gas.
• India : Final destination and major consumer of the gas.
• Supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).