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Iranian Sanergy begins construction of gas distribution network in southern Armenia
Iranian Sanergy begins construction of gas distribution network in southern Armenia
YEREVAN, May 31. /ARKA/. Iranian company Sanergy awarded earlier this year a license by Armenian government to build a gas distribution network in the south of Armenia, worth $2 million, has launched the project, deputy energy and natural resources minister of Armenia Hayk Harutyunyan said Monday.
Under a 2011 Iranian-Armenian agreement, Tehran has provided Armenia with a grant of $2 million for the construction of the gas distribution network in southern Armenian Meghri and Agarak, bordering Iran.
Under another agreement with Russian Gazprom signed in 2013, the latter’s Armenian subsidiary- Gazprom Armenia- will supervise the construction process.
"The Iranian side has already started the construction work. As a co-financer of this project the Armenian side will supply the necessary equipment,' said Harutyunyan.
After the construction of the gas distribution network, the gas to the southern region of Armenia will be shipped from Iran. The price of Iranian gas has not been determined yet, neither the volumes. They are likely to be determined later.
Earlier, deputy CEO of Gazprom Armenia Hrant Tadevosyan said the construction of the gas distribution network in the south of Armenia is scheduled for completion in 2016. According to preliminary estimates, some 5,000 households and enterprises are supposed to get connected to the network once it is built.
The gas pipeline between Armenia and Iran was commissioned in 2008. In return for Iranian gas Armenia ships electricity to Iran—3 kWh for one cubic meters of gas. The Iranian gas is not sold to households or enterprises; it is converted into electricity by the Yerevan thermal power plant and much of it is shipped back to Iran. The pipeline’s maximum capacity is estimated at 2 billion cubic meters per year. -0-
Iranian Sanergy begins construction of gas distribution network in southern Armenia
Iranian Sanergy begins construction of gas distribution network in southern Armenia
YEREVAN, May 31. /ARKA/. Iranian company Sanergy awarded earlier this year a license by Armenian government to build a gas distribution network in the south of Armenia, worth $2 million, has launched the project, deputy energy and natural resources minister of Armenia Hayk Harutyunyan said Monday.
Under a 2011 Iranian-Armenian agreement, Tehran has provided Armenia with a grant of $2 million for the construction of the gas distribution network in southern Armenian Meghri and Agarak, bordering Iran.
Under another agreement with Russian Gazprom signed in 2013, the latter’s Armenian subsidiary- Gazprom Armenia- will supervise the construction process.
"The Iranian side has already started the construction work. As a co-financer of this project the Armenian side will supply the necessary equipment,' said Harutyunyan.
After the construction of the gas distribution network, the gas to the southern region of Armenia will be shipped from Iran. The price of Iranian gas has not been determined yet, neither the volumes. They are likely to be determined later.
Earlier, deputy CEO of Gazprom Armenia Hrant Tadevosyan said the construction of the gas distribution network in the south of Armenia is scheduled for completion in 2016. According to preliminary estimates, some 5,000 households and enterprises are supposed to get connected to the network once it is built.
The gas pipeline between Armenia and Iran was commissioned in 2008. In return for Iranian gas Armenia ships electricity to Iran—3 kWh for one cubic meters of gas. The Iranian gas is not sold to households or enterprises; it is converted into electricity by the Yerevan thermal power plant and much of it is shipped back to Iran. The pipeline’s maximum capacity is estimated at 2 billion cubic meters per year. -0-
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