ILF Consulting Engineers has recently signed a contract with TAPI Pipeline Company Limited to develop Front End Engineering and Design and to provide project management and technical supervision services for the Afghanistan–Pakistan section of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. TAPI aims to export up to 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year from the Galkynysh field in Turkmenistan through the 1,814 km long pipeline. The Afghanistan–Pakistan section has a length of 1,600 km and includes several compressor and metering stations.