Lok Sabha Question No. 174 (STARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: TAPI Pipeline Project
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV, ANANDRAO  ADSUL

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.174

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## TAPI PIPELINE PROJECT

*174. SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV: SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

## पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- a) the details of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India(TAPI) transnational gas pipeline project including its length, estimated cost, mode of finance along with present status of the TAPI gas pipeline;
- b) whether the Government has any plan to put off the TAPI project in view of rising tension between India and Pakistan and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- c) whether  the Government  has  signed  an  agreement/fresh  talks with Turkmenistan  and  three  other  participating  countries  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- d) the details of cost of the project along with quantum of fund borrowed by Turkmenistan from the Islamic Development Bank to finance the construction of a natural gas pipeline through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India; and
- e) the efforts made by the Government to speed up these pipeline projects in a time-bound manner and quantum of oil and gas expected to be supplied/received in the country through the said pipeline projects?

## ANSWER

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान) MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to  (e) : A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 174 BY SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV AND SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH NOVEMBER 2016 REGARDING TAPI PIPELINE PROJECT

- a) The Turkmenistan -Afghanistan -Pakistan (TAP) project was announced  in  May  2002.  India  joined  the  consortium  in  2008.  In  2014,  the Pipeline Consortium, TAPI Pipeline Company Limited (TPCL) was incorporated.  The  Share  Holders  Agreement  of  TPCL  was  signed  on  13 th December 2015 with Turkmenistan 85%, India 5%, Pakistan 5%  and Afghanistan 5% Shareholding. On the same day, the Ground Breaking ceremony to start the work on the Turkmen leg of TAPI pipeline was also held at Mary, Turkmenistan. The length of TAPI Pipeline project for Natural Gas supply from the  Galkynysh  fields  in  Turkmenistan  to  Fazilka  in  India  is  1814  km.    The estimated cost of the project is US  $15  billion according  to  an  ADB commissioned report. The mode of payment will be through 60:40 Debt Equity.
- b) Presently, there is no proposal before the Government to put off TAPI project.
- c) In  April  2016,  the  four  participating  countries  signed  an  Investment Agreement in Ashgabad.
- d) The  estimated  cost  of  the  project  is  US  $15  billion.    The  Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), based in Saudi Arabia, has offered USD 500 million in loan to finance the TAPI gas pipeline project. An agreement to this effect was signed in early November, 2016.
- e) TAPI Pipeline Company Limited (TPCL) is mandated to appoint a Project Monitoring  Consultant  (PMC)  to  conduct  pre-FID  activities,  including  Mine Clearance  in  Afghanistan,  Detailed  Route  Survey,  Front  End  Engineering Design (FEED), Environmental and Social Impact Assessment etc. The technical study of the TAPI project, done by Penspen, has estimated an overall project duration of 6¾ years from the start of the FEED process till handing over of  the  pipeline  for  commercial  operation.  India  will  receive  38  MMSCMD  of natural gas for a period of 30 years from this pipeline.

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