China interested in building a spur from Pakistan
The government of Pakistan has shared that China is interested in building a spur (or offshoot) from Pakistan’s side of the TAPI pipeline. China has been in the process of building a fourth pipeline from Turkmenistan, but this would involve crossing various Central Asian countries. The TAPI pipeline would make it easier for China to get this gas supply by connecting with Pakistan’s side of the pipeline. From what I understand, this would be a bilateral agreement between Pakistan and China. I am not sure how this will impact Turkmenistan, and they would get “a cut” from this deal.
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TAPI: Proposed Turkmen-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline 
geetmm 10:53 am on February 13, 2019 Permalink |
To give some context, Turkmenistan was fully dependent on exporting its gas to Russia (2/3 of its gas) until 2009, when it started gas exports to China. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16094646
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