GEORGIA RENEWS TRANSIT OF RUSSIAN GAS THROUGH ARMENIA
Interfax
April 27 2009
Russia
Transit of Russian gas through Armenia, which was halted on April 23
owing to repairs on the North-South gas pipeline, were restarted on
Sunday morning, Tamara Shoshiashvili, PR head for the Georgian Oil
and Gas Corporation (GOGC), told Interfax.
She said that over the three days of stoppage, a four-kilometer tap
was implemented at the corrosive section of the pipeline near Gladnula
in the Gardabani region.
quot;Work on this section was implemented in the second phase of the
rehabilitation of the North-South gas pipeline,quot; she said.
The North-South pipeline, which supplies gas from Russia to Georgia
and Armenia, was developed in the 1970s.
Georgia receives 10% of total supply of gas to Armenia for its
transit services.