Showing posts with label TAPI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TAPI. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
''China Set To Play The Northern TAPI Card–The Card Unocal Discarded''
From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''The US- and ADB-sponsored Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project is as much about the political stability of Afghanistan as it is about energy security for the partner countries. Yet, it continues to evoke scepticism among analysts. Much of this scepticism hinged on finding financiers to underwrite a project which would transit the turbulent regions of Herat and Kandahar in Afghanistan as well as Balochistan (Quetta) and Multan in Pakistan. Now, another factor has emerged which has the potential to further jeopardise the beleaguered project. Recent reports of a rival pipeline project being negotiated between China, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have emerged. This project proposes to carry Turkmen gas to China through northern Afghanistan and Tajikistan, raising concerns that it may render TAPI a non-starter, akin to the manner in which TAPI played spoiler to the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline project.''
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''The US- and ADB-sponsored Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project is as much about the political stability of Afghanistan as it is about energy security for the partner countries. Yet, it continues to evoke scepticism among analysts. Much of this scepticism hinged on finding financiers to underwrite a project which would transit the turbulent regions of Herat and Kandahar in Afghanistan as well as Balochistan (Quetta) and Multan in Pakistan. Now, another factor has emerged which has the potential to further jeopardise the beleaguered project. Recent reports of a rival pipeline project being negotiated between China, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have emerged. This project proposes to carry Turkmen gas to China through northern Afghanistan and Tajikistan, raising concerns that it may render TAPI a non-starter, akin to the manner in which TAPI played spoiler to the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline project.''
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
''Pakistan to award gas pipeline contracts to Russia''
i guess the CIA drone attacks didn't work...............From Express Tribune
''Pakistan has agreed to award contracts without bidding for multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan (IP) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline projects to Russia, which will also extend financial assistance.
However, in an understanding reached with Russia, Pakistan made it clear that it would award the contracts on government-to-government basis only. Private Russian firms will not be entertained.''
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''Pakistan has agreed to award contracts without bidding for multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan (IP) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline projects to Russia, which will also extend financial assistance.
However, in an understanding reached with Russia, Pakistan made it clear that it would award the contracts on government-to-government basis only. Private Russian firms will not be entertained.''
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Friday, June 1, 2012
''The TAPI Scam–Why Is India Boldly Taking Responsibility for the Pipeline That Will Never Be Built?''
From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''Why are India's leaders befouling their own reputation by fronting an American fraud, whose only outcome is the creation of false hope? What does India have to gain by serving as a party to this intricate fraud? India must reject these fraudulent American schemes before they can play-out, if they want to survive the major conflict which lies at the end of this road. When Pakistan finally realizes that there is no gas coming from Turkmenistan, and they have allowed themselves to be blackmailed into rejecting Iranian gas, there will be hell to pay. India will stand alone as the guilty party, at that time, to remind the Pak Establishment that India remains Enemy Number One.''
''India struggles with pipeline geopolitics''
From Asia Times Online
''India spends more than U$400 million each day on oil imports which account for 70% of its oil consumption. For a country facing such high dependence on outside sources so early in its growth trajectory one would expect securing reliable and long-term supplies would be at the forefront of the development and foreign policy agenda.
And yet, Delhi seems to be expending diplomatic and political resources in a direction that would baffle even the most optimistic observer. Last week, the union cabinet affirmed India's participation in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) 1,700-kilometer pipeline, which envisages a flow of gas from Central Asia into the Indian heartland.''
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''India spends more than U$400 million each day on oil imports which account for 70% of its oil consumption. For a country facing such high dependence on outside sources so early in its growth trajectory one would expect securing reliable and long-term supplies would be at the forefront of the development and foreign policy agenda.
And yet, Delhi seems to be expending diplomatic and political resources in a direction that would baffle even the most optimistic observer. Last week, the union cabinet affirmed India's participation in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) 1,700-kilometer pipeline, which envisages a flow of gas from Central Asia into the Indian heartland.''
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
''TAPI gas pipeline: Kabul turns to Taliban for pipeline security''
From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''The administration of President Hamid Karzai has assured Pakistan and India that it has reached an ‘understanding’ with Taliban insurgents to ensure the security of the multi-billion-dollar Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project.
“The Afghan Taliban have assured that they would not sabotage the project,” a senior official told The Express Tribune quoting Afghan authorities. “The Afghan government would also deploy troops to ensure the security of the pipeline,” the official added.''
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''The administration of President Hamid Karzai has assured Pakistan and India that it has reached an ‘understanding’ with Taliban insurgents to ensure the security of the multi-billion-dollar Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project.
“The Afghan Taliban have assured that they would not sabotage the project,” a senior official told The Express Tribune quoting Afghan authorities. “The Afghan government would also deploy troops to ensure the security of the pipeline,” the official added.''
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
India: ''Cabinet nod for $7.6 bn TAPI gas pipeline''
From Livemint
''Often referred to as the “peace pipeline” because some of the countries that it passes through have an adversarial relationship, the deal involving the four countries is expected to be inked by the end of the month.
Not only will the investment address India’s urgent need to boost gas supplies, it will also help underline its growing economic linkages with Afghanistan, and more recently with Pakistan. It could, however, potentially cause some diplomatic friction with Iran as India has abandoned a similarly ambitious project with that country and opted instead for a Central Asia project that has been backed by the US.''
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''Often referred to as the “peace pipeline” because some of the countries that it passes through have an adversarial relationship, the deal involving the four countries is expected to be inked by the end of the month.
Not only will the investment address India’s urgent need to boost gas supplies, it will also help underline its growing economic linkages with Afghanistan, and more recently with Pakistan. It could, however, potentially cause some diplomatic friction with Iran as India has abandoned a similarly ambitious project with that country and opted instead for a Central Asia project that has been backed by the US.''
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Friday, May 4, 2012
''India stepping on the gas to finalise TAPI pact''
From Hindustan Times
''The urgency on the part of the government is palpable. The petroleum ministry recently wrote to the National Security Council (NSA) secretary Lata Reddy on April 2 that “There is an urgency for signing the gas sales and purchase agreement (GSPA) under the TAPI gas pipeline project.''
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''The urgency on the part of the government is palpable. The petroleum ministry recently wrote to the National Security Council (NSA) secretary Lata Reddy on April 2 that “There is an urgency for signing the gas sales and purchase agreement (GSPA) under the TAPI gas pipeline project.''
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
''TAPI pipeline: Pakistan, Afghanistan and India agree on transit fee''
From Express Tribune
"Under the proposed arrangement, Pakistan will pay a transit fee of 50 cents per million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) to Afghanistan and the same amount will be paid by India to Pakistan. A final agreement on the fee will be signed after Afghanistan, India and Pakistan get consent from their governments."
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"Under the proposed arrangement, Pakistan will pay a transit fee of 50 cents per million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) to Afghanistan and the same amount will be paid by India to Pakistan. A final agreement on the fee will be signed after Afghanistan, India and Pakistan get consent from their governments."
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
''Afghanistan decides to quit TAPI project''
From Daily Times
"Afghanistan has decided to opt out of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project and if Afghanistan does, then its share of 500 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) gas will be distributed between Pakistan and India.
This was stated by Petroleum Secretary Ejaz Chaudhary while talking to a group of energy reporters on Wednesday.'
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"Afghanistan has decided to opt out of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project and if Afghanistan does, then its share of 500 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) gas will be distributed between Pakistan and India.
This was stated by Petroleum Secretary Ejaz Chaudhary while talking to a group of energy reporters on Wednesday.'
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Friday, March 16, 2012
''Sweden not only opposes Pak-Iran pipeline, also deems TAPI not viable''
From Express Tribune
"Sweden opposed Pakistan’s collaboration with Iran because it said that Iran should clarify the reservations posed by the international community over Iran’s nuclear objectives.
The country also said that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Pipeline was not workable.
Earlier, a Chinese bank backed off from financing the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project. The ICBC was finalised as the financial advisor through an international competitive bidding."
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"Sweden opposed Pakistan’s collaboration with Iran because it said that Iran should clarify the reservations posed by the international community over Iran’s nuclear objectives.
The country also said that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Pipeline was not workable.
Earlier, a Chinese bank backed off from financing the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project. The ICBC was finalised as the financial advisor through an international competitive bidding."
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
''Russia interest in TAPI gas pipeline project irks US''
"The proposed transnational Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas pipeline project is fast emerging as a geopolitical disquiet between the two major powers - the United States and the Russian Federation - to invest in a $7.5 billion venture."
international intrigue.....from the nation pakistan...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
"Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project delayed"
blackmail?
"As a long term step to overcome the gas shortage, talks are underway to conclude the agreement for getting gas from Turkmenistan under the project of Turkmenistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline and supply of gas would start by 2016, the Secretary further added."
from the nation pakistan...
"As a long term step to overcome the gas shortage, talks are underway to conclude the agreement for getting gas from Turkmenistan under the project of Turkmenistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline and supply of gas would start by 2016, the Secretary further added."
from the nation pakistan...
''Turkey intends to join TAPI project''
"Turkey intends to play its part in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project (TAPI), Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan told media today, Cihan agency reported.
Afghan, Turkmen and, Pakistani presidents and the Indian Oil and Gas Minister signed the intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline on December 11, 2010, which will pass through all four countries."
Monday, January 2, 2012
''Tapi gas pipeline project: Afghanistan blocks progress''
"Afghanistan has reportedly blocked further progress on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline project, due to differences on pricing of gas, official documents exclusively made available to Business Recorderindicate.
This information is contained in the Asian Development Bank(ADB) Technical Assistance (TA) 7756-Regional: Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline project progress report which has been dispatched to the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr."read more from brecorder....
Sunday, January 1, 2012
''A Systematic Smashing of Central Asia''
"The pipeline wars are real wars, in that two or more nations are ordering their civilian and military foot soldiers, on a daily basis, into life or deathcontests to the finish. For the United States, it is a contest which must be won, if we are to survive, according to most of our national leaders.
But is that really true?
According to both civilian andmilitary authorities, if we lose this war, then we lose “our way of life.” That may be true, but it does not mean the end of us as a free Republic. America will go on, even after the impending military defeat. We cannot win - we cannot be allowed to win - if victory means world conquest.
The next phase of action in the battle to smash greater Central Asia will probably be the most dangerous phase of the war (other than the final global conflagration, if there is to be one). The unfolding grand production will involve the usual mixture of open and covert measures, following a carefully choreographed ballet of geopolitical and geostrategic forces."
Friday, December 30, 2011
Story of the Year: "The 700 Military Bases of Afghanistan"
the story is from 2010 and as our country gets deeper and deeper in debt, it is important to remember where the money is going and why...........and all we got from this war was the patriot act and NDAA OF 2011......thanks congress......happy new year from NAKEDEMPIRE
from nick turse.......read the story.....HERE
"A spokesman for the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) tells TomDispatch that there are, at present, nearly 400 U.S. and coalition bases in Afghanistan, including camps, forward operating bases, and combat outposts. In addition, there are at least 300 Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP) bases, most of them built, maintained, or supported by the U.S. A small number of the coalition sites are mega-bases like Kandahar Airfield, which boasts one of the busiest runways in the world, and Bagram Air Base, a former Soviet facility that received a makeover, complete with Burger King and Popeyes outlets, and now serves more than 20,000 U.S. troops, in addition to thousands of coalition forces and civilian contractors."
an interview with the author......
from nick turse.......read the story.....HERE
"A spokesman for the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) tells TomDispatch that there are, at present, nearly 400 U.S. and coalition bases in Afghanistan, including camps, forward operating bases, and combat outposts. In addition, there are at least 300 Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP) bases, most of them built, maintained, or supported by the U.S. A small number of the coalition sites are mega-bases like Kandahar Airfield, which boasts one of the busiest runways in the world, and Bagram Air Base, a former Soviet facility that received a makeover, complete with Burger King and Popeyes outlets, and now serves more than 20,000 U.S. troops, in addition to thousands of coalition forces and civilian contractors."
an interview with the author......
Friday, December 23, 2011
''A China-led consortium appointed as financial advisor for Iran-Pakistan gas'' pipeline''
uncle sam not happy.....IS A MILITARY COUP IN PAKISTANS FUTURE?
read more from tehran times.......
read more from tehran times.......
"The government of Pakistan has formally appointed the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China-led consortium that also includes leading local banks, as financial advisor (FA) for the $1.2 billion Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline that will bring 750 million cubic gas per day (mmcfd) to Pakistan.
This was decided in the Economic Co-ordination Committee's Steering Committee on Iran-Pakistan (IP) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline projects, held on Thursday."
''Wielding soft power: US offers to finance TAPI gas pipeline''
read more from pakistan tribune....
"The US has made a generous offer to finance the multibillion-dollar Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, an implicit gesture to lure Pakistan away from the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline deal.
Addressing students of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on November 25, US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter had termed Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline deal unfeasible. A viable alternative, in his view, was the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project via Afghanistan.
In the $7.5 billion TAPI gas pipeline project, Pakistan’s share will be 1.35 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) out of a total of 3.2 bcfd gas exports from Turkmenistan."
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