The 20th Steering Committee Meeting of TAPI was held at Islamabad in February. The Committee inter alia discussed timelines for identification and selection of Consortium Leader.
The 1814 km long Turkmenistan- Afghanistan- Pakistan- India (TAPI) pipeline project is envisaged to supply 38 MMSCMD of natural gas to India, said Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply to Lok Sabha. According to a preliminary feasibility study the cost of project is estimated to be around USD 7.6 billion.
Moreover, through Project Development Vehicle, South Asia Gas Enterprise (SAGE), Siddho Mal & Sons has proposed a Deep Sea Natural Gas Pipeline from Middle East (Oman) to India. Though the project is not under the consideration of Government right now.
No agreement has been signed with various countries including Bangladesh, Myanmar and Russia to construct oil and gas transnational pipeline projects for building up cooperation in oil/gas to augment India’s supply. However, two government level agreements, namely the Gas Pipeline Framework Agreement (GPFA) and Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) have been signed among the four TAPI member countries in December, 2010. In May, 2012, GAIL has signed a GSPA with Turkmengas for sourcing of 38 MMSCMD of gas from TAPI pipeline for a period of 30 years.
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