The government of Turkmenistan expects the selection of the consortium that will finance the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project to be finalized by September 1, the Central Asian country's ambassador to India told Sputnik. TAPI project is a proposed 1,078-mile pipeline to transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan to India. Cost of the project is estimated at $7-10 billion.
