India invited to participate in Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan pipeline   
By Oil and Gas Journal editors 
 
HOUSTON, Apr. 16 -- Oil and gas ministers from Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and 
Afghanistan formally invited India on Apr. 9 to participate in their proposed 
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan natural gas pipeline project (OGJ Online, Feb. 
27, 2003) reported OPEC News Agency. Participants said New Delhi's 
participation in the $2.5-3.2 billion project would make it more viable, 
providing significant additional gas markets. 
The pipeline, estimated in various reports as 1,300-1,600 km long, would carry 
20-30 billion cu m/year of natural gas and likely would be constructed to 
Pakistan's Sui field, from which existing infrastructure could be tapped to 
supply major local markets (OGJ, Oct. 7, 2002, p. 21).