Technical Working Group (TWG) of gas purchaser countries met in Ashgbad (Turkmenistan) to discuss gas price and gas transit fee as well as to finalise the GSPA to start the $7.6 billion gas pipeline project.
Sources in the Petroleum Ministry informed Daily Times that the petroleum managers of gas buyer countries would finalise gas prices with seller country Turkmenistan within 10 days, and hopefully the inking ceremony of GSPA will take place on October 15, where the concerned ministers of all four countries would gather to sign the agreement.
During the two-day Pak-US energy dialogue, which was recently held in Islamabad, US energy managers expressed their reservations over Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline projects. However, the US delegation led by Special Envoy for Energy Affairs Carlos Pascual welcomed the TAPI project and stressed Pakistani authorities to shift its interests from IP to the TAPI project.
