AFP: Turkmenistan seeks investors for gas pipeline

Turkmenistan said Saturday that it would try to recruit international investors for a new gas pipeline project that would link Central and South Asia.The energy-rich state plans to pitch the project to international oil and gas majors and financial institutions in the autumn, the Neitralny Turkmenistan newspaper reported.

The plan for a TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) natural gas pipeline, which is backed by the Asian Development Bank, is regarded with suspicion by some analysts.  MORE