Bangladesh’s plea to join Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project

India assures its support

Bangladesh has expressed its interest to join the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline during the secretary-level meeting, which was held from Monday in New Delhi, the capital of India.
India said the works for establishing the TAPI pipeline have just started. The project plan envisages that the pipeline, extending from the Yolotan-Osman gas fields to Fazilka at the Pakistan-India border, would become operational by 2018.
Bangladesh will need a 200-km-long pipeline support to join the TAPI project. It received an assurance from India in this regard.
Also, Bangladesh has sought India's support to join the Four-Country Commission—India, China, Thailand, Myanmar being the current members—to import gas from Myanmar, an official of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division said.
India said it would aid Bangladesh in this regard as well, added the official.
Meanwhile, India has declined to supply gas from its northeastern state of Tripura to Bangladesh, citing the inadequacy of its own gas reserves there.
Indian informed Bangladesh of its decision during a two-day-long secretary-level meeting, which were held from Monday this week in New Delhi, the capital of India. Bangladesh Energy and Mineral Resources Division secretary Md Nazimuddin led a five-member Bangladesh team to the dialogue with the Indian side, led by that country’s energy secretary Dr AK Tripathi.
To control the looming gas crisis, Bangladesh was desperately looking to import natural gas from Tripura. Even though India has declined to supply gas to Bangladesh from Tripura, it is eager to continue the current arrangement of exporting 100 MW of electricity produced from gas from the Indian state.
India also wants to establish a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Kutubdia in Chittagong, the Indian energy secretary informed his Bangladeshi counterpart during the talks.
During the meeting with Indian officials, Bangladesh discussed the tariff issue while implementing the Indo-Bangladesh gas pipeline initiated by Indian firm Nimaligar Refinery Ltd. The two countries, however, did not reach any consensus on the tariff rate.
A number of Indian companies is eyeing the fast-growing energy market in Bangladesh.
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power has been given the green signal to build the first phase of an LNG-based power plant in Bangladesh.
Another private sector entity, Adani Gas Ltd (AGL), the natural gas distribution arm of Adani Enterprises, is looking to expand in the household gas market in Bangladesh and eastern India.
It has proposed to build a 650-km-long pipeline network that will connect the Adani Group's proposed LPG terminal at Dhamra port in Odisha to Asansol and Duttapulia in West Bengal.
Duttapulia is near the Indo-Bangladesh border. In addition to private sector firms like Reliance Power and Adani, Indian state-owned firms are also eyeing the Bangladesh power and energy market.

Bangladeshs plea to join Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project

India assures its support

Bangladesh has expressed its interest to join the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline during the secretary-level meeting, which was held from Monday in New Delhi, the capital of India. India said the works for establishing the TAPI pipeline have just started. The project plan envisages that the pipeline, extending from the Yolotan-Osman gas fields to Fazilka at the Pakistan-India border, would become operational by 2018. Bangladesh will need a 200-km-long pipeline support to join the TAPI project. It received an assurance from India in this regard. Also, Bangladesh has sought Indias support to join the Four-Country CommissionIndia, China, Thailand, Myanmar being the current membersto import gas from Myanmar, an official of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division said. India said it would aid Bangladesh in this regard as well, added the official. Meanwhile, India has declined to supply gas from its northeastern state of Tripura to Bangladesh, citing the inadequacy of its own gas reserves there. Indian informed Bangladesh of its decision during a two-day-long secretary-level meeting, which were held from Monday this week in New Delhi, the capital of India. Bangladesh Energy and Mineral Resources Division secretary Md Nazimuddin led a five-member Bangladesh team to the dialogue with the Indian side, led by that countrys energy secretary Dr AK Tripathi. To control the looming gas crisis, Bangladesh was desperately looking to import natural gas from Tripura. Even though India has declined to supply gas to Bangladesh from Tripura, it is eager to continue the current arrangement of exporting 100 MW of electricity produced from gas from the Indian state. India also wants to establish a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Kutubdia in Chittagong, the Indian energy secretary informed his Bangladeshi counterpart during the talks. During the meeting with Indian officials, Bangladesh discussed the tariff issue while implementing the Indo-Bangladesh gas pipeline initiated by Indian firm Nimaligar Refinery Ltd. The two countries, however, did not reach any consensus on the tariff rate. A number of Indian companies is eyeing the fast-growing energy market in Bangladesh. Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power has been given the green signal to build the first phase of an LNG-based power plant in Bangladesh. Another private sector entity, Adani Gas Ltd (AGL), the natural gas distribution arm of Adani Enterprises, is looking to expand in the household gas market in Bangladesh and eastern India. It has proposed to build a 650-km-long pipeline network that will connect the Adani Groups proposed LPG terminal at Dhamra port in Odisha to Asansol and Duttapulia in West Bengal. Duttapulia is near the Indo-Bangladesh border. In addition to private sector firms like Reliance Power and Adani, Indian state-owned firms are also eyeing the Bangladesh power and energy market.