US Keen to be Involved in TAPI Project

Two US energy firms are interested in backing the TAPI gas pipeline project, a US government official said on Friday.

Daniel Stein, senior advisor to the special envoy for Eurasian Energy in the United States said that government would like to see a US company involved at some point in TAPI. However, he declined to name the companies.

The TAPI gas pipeline will carry Turkmen natural gas through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India. The pipeline is likely to transport 3.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from Turkmenistan’s gas fields.