Pakistan expects to start implementing the TAPI project after the second quarter of 2024
Pakistan, one of the four partners in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, is expected to receive final approval by the end of the second quarter of 2024 to clear the way for the start of construction. This was announced by Inter State Gas Systems, a company operating under the auspices of the petroleum division of the Ministry of Energy of Pakistan and engaged in the implementation of strategic infrastructure projects in the gas industry.
According to a November report by the American media holding S&P Global, Pakistan is facing a growing need for gas imports as demand exceeds domestic gas production, usually peaking in winter. Pakistan has signed spot LNG supplies from the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan to meet some of the demand. Economic growth is now recovering from the massive floods of 2023 and population growth of more than 240 million people.
TAPI is expected to transport 33 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the Galkynysh gas field in Turkmenistan through Herat and Kandahar in Afghanistan, Chaman, Job, Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan in Pakistan and to the end of the pipeline in Fazilka on the Indian-Pakistani border.
The implementation of the TAPI gas pipeline project will provide Pakistan with 50% of the energy required in the country by 2030, and India with 56% of the energy needed after 2024. In addition, TAPI will become an example of reducing carbon emissions and help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Muhammetmyrat Amanov, Executive Director of TAPI Pipeline Company Limited, plans to speak at the Turkmen Energy Investment Forum in Paris on April 24 at a session on the prospects for natural gas production in the context of the energy transition.
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