Tapi Pipeline Progress Slows to Snail’s Pace

摘要

Despite trumpeting the start of work in December on the $10 billion-plus Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan- India (Tapi) gas pipeline, progress has been minimal, Turkmen industry sources say. "They formally started the first welding, but the project is still in its early preliminary stages and it’s not sure when they will make the second and the third welding. However, everything is in place and ready for the next push, the next breakthrough," one source said.