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Turkmenistan seeks momentum on TAPI gas pipeline despite limited details
The first 153-kilometer segment from the Turkmen border to Herat is described as slowly advancing, alongside a letter of intent tied to gas shipments to the Herat region.
A trans-Afghan natural gas pipeline project known as TAPI, designed to move Turkmen gas to South Asia via Afghanistan and Pakistan, remains in a slow lane despite renewed outreach, according to OilPrice.
OilPrice reports that construction of the first leg, a 153-kilometer stretch from the Turkmen border at Serhetabat to Herat, is inching along by most accounts, and that leaders from Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have continued to stress the project’s importance and progress.
Turkmenistan’s leader, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, made a trip to Afghanistan on August 10 for talks aimed at building TAPI momentum and expanding broader trade contacts, with Turkmen state outlets offering limited specifics beyond general messaging about a peace-oriented foreign policy.
Among the few concrete items mentioned, OilPrice says the visit produced a letter of intent reportedly laying out basic terms for shipping Turkmen gas to the Herat region, and that TAPI work involves roughly 700 Turkmen specialists and more than 300 units of specialized equipment.
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