Friday 9 January 2009

Unfortunate Interruption of Russian Gas Flow Transiting Georgia

The transit of Russian gas across Georgia to Armenia was disrupted in Gardaban, Georgia, today.
"... fire broke out at the site of a pipeline rupture,...measures are [being] taken to put it out and restore the operation of the pipeline.”

Officials of the Georgian Energy Ministry and the Oil and Gas Corporation said “urgent measures will be taken to restore the transit of Russian gas to Armenia, but this can take several days. The failure will not create problems for Armenia’s gas supply as this country has its own gas storage facility that can provide gas for almost two months,” ... “the supply of gas to Georgia is almost completely ensured by means of exports from Azerbaijan.” (Tass).

Oh again.

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