Gazociąg TAPI – niepewna przyszłość ambitnego projektu

Abstract

TAPI gas pipeline – uncertain future of an ambitious project? The paper presents the history of the project: Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Pipeline. The pipeline is designed to connect four Asian countries: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and provide them not only with natural gas but also contribute to the peace and stability in conflict–prone regions. The author describes genesis and details of this investment as well as how important it is for the U.S. Further section shows the role of TAPI competitor – the IPI gas pipeline (Iran–Pakistan–India). The author presents the attitude of each country: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India towards the project, focusing on factors that could lead to the success as well as to the failure of the investment. Finally it shows the position of Russia, one of the major players in the region, and the prospects of the planned investment.

Keywords

• TAPI
• gazociąg
• projekt
• inwestycja