TAPI pipeline counts on oil and gas companies’ support

For implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline, as was the case with realisation of the project of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, support for oil and gas companies is necessary, KazTransOil JSC General Manager Kairgeldy Kabyldin said.
“TAPI is a very good project, which will have international repercussions. And its implementation requires support of oil and gas companies, as was the case with realisation of Baku-Tbilisi–Ceyhan oil pipeline. That is, the agreements must be signed among the resource owners who should ensure stability of supplies and security,” Kabyldin said, responding to questions here.
According to him, gas not only from the western regions of Kazakhstan in case of industrial production, but also from Russia can go by transit to get to the fast growing market of South Asia.
“In my opinion, there is nothing better than such economically attractive projects that actually help to stabilise the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. After all, a lot of money for transit will go to social projects in these transit countries,” he said.