ISLAMABAD: The minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Ghulam Sarwar Khan Tuesday said the government would complete the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (TAPI) project during its tenure.
Responding to the question of Senator Chaudhry Tanvir Khan in Senate, he said a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ministry of Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division) of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
on further development of cooperation in the field of Fuel and Energy Sector
was signed on March 16, 2017.
He said the MoU is valid for five years. The MoU envisages multiple areas of
mutual cooperation to development in the field of fuel, LPG, oil, gas, and energy
sector of the two states.
This cooperation may include an exchange of experience, participation in the building of oil and gas installations as well as import of liquefied natural gas from Turkmenistan.
The Commission laid emphasis on the need of early meeting of the Joint Working Group on Oil and Gas and also noted there is need to find a way forward for implementation of MoU signed by both countries. The ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division) has also constituted the Joint Working Group of senior officers.
Tapi project to be completed during PTI’s tenure, Senate told
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