Roughly 15 years in the making, a multilateral agreement on the planned Turkmenistan- Afghanistan -Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline was signed during meetings in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. Members of a pipeline consortium planning the gas pipeline east from Turkmenistan announced their preliminary shareholder arrangements at a steering committee. Sean O’Sullivan , director general for the region at the Asian Development Bank, which supports the project, said the momentum was a welcome milestone for the project . “ADB looks forward to the stakeholders continuing to build on the strong momentum in the implementation of the TAPI pipeline project,” he said in a statement. Project leaders include Turkmengaz, the consortium leader and state-run gas company of Turkmenistan, and Indian energy company GAIL. Turkmengaz […]