The Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum Hedayatullah Badri met with Murad Amanov, the executive director of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI), to discuss the need to speed up practical work on the project.
Badri stated this applied to the construction of camps, creation of jobs for local residents, gas distribution and the acquisition of private land in Herat city.
He also assured Amanov of the ministry’s full cooperation with the process of accelerating the TAPI gas pipeline project.
“In this meeting, TAPI project and various issues were discussed,” said Homayoun Afghan, a spokesman for the ministry.
Experts have meanwhile said that the TAPI project will have a significant effect on Afghanistan’s economy and with the construction of this pipeline, new sources of income will be provided through the export of oil and gas.
They said the proceeds earned from TAPI once completed can be invested in major infrastructure projects.
Once complete, the TAPI project will add approximately US$400 million to Afghanistan’s revenue annually, and it will create thousands of direct and indirect employment opportunities for Afghans.
Afghanistan will get 500 million cubic meters of gas in the first decade, that will increase to 1 billion cubic meters in the second decade and 1.5 billion cubic meters in the 3rd decade.
