The Turkmens announced the beginning of the TAPI Pipeline (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India), in order to send Turkmen gas to India, and in the same week the Iranians announced that they resume their negotiations with the Indians in order to construct the underwater Iran-Oman-India Pipeline, in order to send Iranian gas to India, which also offers India the additional advantage of avoiding Pakistan, which is India’s greatest enemy. Two competing pipelines means there will be some serious shootings in the neighborhood…
“Iran-India energy cooperation opens new horizons”, January 2015