TAPI Gas Pipeline Project (Phase 1) (ADB-52167-001)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • South Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Turkmenistan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
Governments of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
  • Mining
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Investment Type(s)
Grant, Guarantee, Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 1,000.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 400.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 7,742.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Aug 10, 2024

Disclosed by Bank May 29, 2020

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Project Description
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DESCRIPTION

The Governments of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have each requested Asian Development Bank (ADB) financing for Phase 1 (the Project) of the TAPI gas pipeline (the TAPI Pipeline). The TAPI Pipeline extends for approximately 1,600 kilometers (km), from the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border to the Pakistan-India border. At full capacity, the TAPI Pipeline can transport up to 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India over a commercial operations period of 30 years.

The Project comprises the procurement and installation of pipeline and related facilities (without compressor stations) over the entire 1,600 km length within Afghanistan and Pakistan. In parallel with the Project, (i) State Concern will implement with its own resources (including financing from the Islamic Development Bank) the following facilities within Turkmenistan: development of a dedicated portion of the Galkynysh gas field, installation of approximately 200 km of pipeline to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border, and construction of one or more compressor stations in Turkmenistan; and (ii) GAIL (India) Limited will implement with its own resources the installation of approximately 10 km of pipeline from its gas network terminus at Fazilka to the Pakistan-India border. With all these facilities, the Project can transport approximately 10 bcm of gas per year.

PROJECT RATIONALE AND LINKAGE TO COUNTRY/REGIONAL STRATEGY

Once operational, the TAPI Pipeline will allow Turkmenistan to diversify and expand its gas export markets to the southeast, into Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program's Strategy for Regional Cooperation in the Energy Sector has identified the TAPI Pipeline as one of the main links in the inter-energy relationship among CAREC countries.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The ADB categorized the project risks as follows:

Environment - A;
Involuntary Resettlement - A;
Indigenous Peoples - C.

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Central Bank of Turkmenistan
22 Bitarap Turkmenistan Street
Ashgabat 744000, Turkmenistan
Ministry of Finance
Pashtunistan Watt,
Kabul,
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Ministry of Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs
 
Block Q, Pakistan Secretariat
Islamabad, ICT, Pakistan 44000

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