The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline (TAPI), also known as Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India
Construction on the project started in Turkmenistan on December 13th, The pipeline is expected to be operational by 2019. The abbreviation comes from the first letters of those countries. Proponents of the project see it as a modern continuation of the Silk Road. It is expected to help ease energy deficits in South Asia.