Showing posts with label Armenia. Show all posts
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[ASIA] The price of Azerbaijani gas will rise significantly. Liana Dzhervalidze
Published | 28-Apr-2008
"The gas tariff for individuals and legal entities will vary depending on whether Azerbaijani side will raise price up to $200 per 1000 cubic meters instead of current $120". The due announcement was made by expert on energy issue Liana Dzhervalidze at a press conference held in the Tbilisi international press center of RIA-Novosti on April 23."Hopes that the gas price will remain on the level of $120 are too optimistic. I think the price will rise significantly", the expert considers.
She noted that "Azerbaijan tends to enter the European market." "For this purpose, it is important for us as a transit country, considering the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzirum gas pipeline", she noted.
Liana Dzhervalidze also stressed the need to boost prospects of long-term contracts for gas consumption betwee the suppliers and large consumers, not depending on distributors.
She also called it revolting that the "state holds talks on prices and volumes of gas supplies for 2008 in April of 2008".
Malkhaz Dzidzikashvili, public defender of rights of energy consumers under the National Commission for Energy Regulation, also shared Dzhervalidze's opinion.
He sees the main problem in the absence of tariff as well as energy-saving state policy.
"We have some comments regarding the methodology as it has been worked out nearly 10 years before. Most standards have become worn out through this period. In line with current methodology, gas price depends on purchasing price", said he.
He noted that "he does not know the price of gas, supplied to Georgia from Russia".
According to Liana Dzhervalidze, Georgia currently receives up to 200,000,000 cubic meters of gas from Armenia and about 300,000,000 cubic meters in the framework of the Shah Deniz project.
She said Georgia receives gas from Armenia as well as 5% from transit from the Shah Deniz field, as a payment for gas transit to Europe. The expert reminded that SOCAR is currently the main gas supplier from Azerbaijan, while Russia accounts for nearly 60% of gas supplies to Georgia.
It should be reminded that the talks between Azerbaijan and Georgia on gas purchase will be held in Tbilisi on April 25.
Source: Today.AZ
FRANCE: GDF Gaz de France recalled its application for participation in Nabucco gas pipeline project
Published | 18-Mar-2008
Gaz de France (GDF) has recalled its application for participation in Nabucco gas pipeline project, French Trade Minister Herve Novelli said in Istanbul.“We have recalled our application because we think that the decision of the Turkish authorizes was dictated by political reasons,” Mr Novelli said.
Earlier, Turkey vetoed participation of Gaz de France in the project due to adoption of French bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial.
The Nabucco pipeline is a planned natural gas pipeline that will transport natural gas from Turkey to Austria, via Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. It will run from Erzurum in Turkey to Baumgarten an der March, a major natural gas hub in Austria. Some consider the pipeline as a diversion from the current methods of importing natural gas solely from Russia.
Nabucco could bring gas supplies from Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Egypt and Syria. It will be connected near Erzurum with the Tabriz-Erzurum pipeline, and with the South Caucasus Pipeline, connecting Nabucco Pipeline with the planned Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline. It will run from Erzurum in Turkey to Baumgarten an der March in Austria with total length of 3,300 kilometres (2,050 mi). In early years after completion the deliveries are expected to be between 4.5 and 13 billion cubic meters (bcm) per annum, of which 2 to 8 bcm goes to Baumgarten. Later, approximately half of the capacity is expected to be delivered to Baumgarten and half of the natural gas is to serve the markets en-route. The transmission volume of around 2020 is expected to reach 25.5 to 31 bcm per annum, of which up to 16 bcm goes to Baumgarten.
Construction of pipeline is expected to begin in 2009 and is planned to be finished in 2012. It estimated to cost around 4.6 billion EUR (5.8 billion USD). The company leading the project is OMV from Austria.
Source: Panarmenian
ASIA: Baku reports on firing false
Published | 14-Mar-2008
The situation at the line of contact is still tensed but exchange of fire is not fixed, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told reporters today.“Azerbaijan keeps on circulating false information on ongoing skirmishes and casualties among Azeri servicemen. We do state that there is no exchange of fire presently and that we will refute the information spread by Azerbaijan,” the Minister said.
On March 4 early morning Azeri special forces attacked a position of the NKR Defense Army near Levonarkh settlement of Mardakert region. The attack was rebuffed and status quo restored. A crisis monitoring due on March 7 by request of the NKR MFA was postponed through Azerbaijan’s fault.
Source: Armenian News
GEOPOLITIC: Iran to supply 10 per 100 of gas market in next 20 years
Published | 23-Feb-2008
Managing director of Iran's National Gas Company said on Wednesday that Iran will become supplier of 10 percent of the world gas market in the next 20 years, compared with the current figure which stands at one percent. Talking to reporters, Reza Kasaeizadeh said that Iran currently exports gas to Armenia and Turkey thanks to the achievements of the Islamic Revolution.
He said that Iran's gas export will increase when the South Pars 17, 18 and 19 phases are developed by 2013.
"Iran is producing 85 percent of heavy compressors and 45 percent of all turbines and is now self-sufficient," he added.
Kasaeizade said that 76 percent of Iranians now enjoy the gas for household utility adding that no village had an access to tapped gas before Islamic Revolution.
He said that the US sanction on Iran is an opportunity for the domestic companies to develop and also use domestic potentials.
In addition, the level of natural gas production is now 447 million cubic meters compared with 36 million cubic meters in 1979, he added. Despite having rich gas reserves after Russia in the region, Iranians must not follow extravagance in gas consumption pattern, asserted Kasaeizade.
He added that rls 32,000 billion has been spent on refining, transporting and distributing the gas over the past 10 months of the current Iranian year.
He said that Iran's gas export will increase when the South Pars 17, 18 and 19 phases are developed by 2013.
"Iran is producing 85 percent of heavy compressors and 45 percent of all turbines and is now self-sufficient," he added.
Kasaeizade said that 76 percent of Iranians now enjoy the gas for household utility adding that no village had an access to tapped gas before Islamic Revolution.
He said that the US sanction on Iran is an opportunity for the domestic companies to develop and also use domestic potentials.
In addition, the level of natural gas production is now 447 million cubic meters compared with 36 million cubic meters in 1979, he added. Despite having rich gas reserves after Russia in the region, Iranians must not follow extravagance in gas consumption pattern, asserted Kasaeizade.
He added that rls 32,000 billion has been spent on refining, transporting and distributing the gas over the past 10 months of the current Iranian year.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency
RUSSIA - IRAN: Gazprom and its chessboard
Published | 21-Feb-2008
Gazprom returns to Iran, the russian company has reached an agreement with Iran on the development of the country's largest natural gas deposits, Southern Pars and Kish. The Russian monopoly will form one or more joint ventures with the National Iranian Gas Company.
This is in spite of competition from the Chinese, with whom Iran negotiated the development of the Kish deposit in 2006 and 2007, and the possibility of Iran's supplying as for the Nabucco pipeline.
According to the Iranian Isna information agency, an agreement will be signed in April or May between Gazprom and the Iranian Oil Ministry. The deposit on the island of Kish has reserves of 1.37 trillion cu. m. Gazprom will also agree to build a gas reservoir in Iran and the parties are discussing the construction of an oil refinery in Armenia on the Iranian border.
Gazprom began working on the second and third (out of 18) blocks at Southern Pars in 1997 in a consortium with TotalElf (40%) and Petronas (30%). The complex was sold to National Iranian Oil Co. for $2 billion in 2004. The reserved at that deposit are 10 trillion cu. m. Observers note that the present undertaking may be complicated by international sanctions.
This is in spite of competition from the Chinese, with whom Iran negotiated the development of the Kish deposit in 2006 and 2007, and the possibility of Iran's supplying as for the Nabucco pipeline.
According to the Iranian Isna information agency, an agreement will be signed in April or May between Gazprom and the Iranian Oil Ministry. The deposit on the island of Kish has reserves of 1.37 trillion cu. m. Gazprom will also agree to build a gas reservoir in Iran and the parties are discussing the construction of an oil refinery in Armenia on the Iranian border.
Gazprom began working on the second and third (out of 18) blocks at Southern Pars in 1997 in a consortium with TotalElf (40%) and Petronas (30%). The complex was sold to National Iranian Oil Co. for $2 billion in 2004. The reserved at that deposit are 10 trillion cu. m. Observers note that the present undertaking may be complicated by international sanctions.
Source: Kommersant
RUSSIA: Gazprom Goes to Iran for Talks
Published | 18-Oct-2007Gazprom held talks in Iran on Wednesday on expanding in the region, one day after President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to the country.
Deputy chief executive Valery Golubev is in negotiations with energy officials from Iran and Armenia on joint projects, Abubakir Shamuzov, head of Gazprom's Tehran office, said Wednesday.
Russia is seeking to expand its control of pipeline networks outside its borders. Moscow, via Gazprom, has used a combination of threats and incentives to increase its influence in neighboring markets. Gazprom agreed last year not to raise prices for Armenia until the end of 2008. The price, $110 per 1,000 cubic meters, is less than half what Gazprom charges customers in Western Europe.
In return, Gazprom's Armenian venture, ArmRosgazprom, will acquire a gas pipeline to Iran and the new generating block of a thermal power plant, Gazprom said at the time. Armenia also agreed to let the Gazprom venture oversee building a second, 197-kilometer pipeline to Iran.
Armenia currently receives almost all its gas by pipeline from Russia across Georgia. Gazprom Neft, Gazprom's oil arm, has said it is considering building an oil refinery in Armenia.
Also Wednesday, RIA-Novosti reported that Putin invited his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for talks in Moscow. No date was set for the meeting, the agency said.
Deputy chief executive Valery Golubev is in negotiations with energy officials from Iran and Armenia on joint projects, Abubakir Shamuzov, head of Gazprom's Tehran office, said Wednesday.
Russia is seeking to expand its control of pipeline networks outside its borders. Moscow, via Gazprom, has used a combination of threats and incentives to increase its influence in neighboring markets. Gazprom agreed last year not to raise prices for Armenia until the end of 2008. The price, $110 per 1,000 cubic meters, is less than half what Gazprom charges customers in Western Europe.
In return, Gazprom's Armenian venture, ArmRosgazprom, will acquire a gas pipeline to Iran and the new generating block of a thermal power plant, Gazprom said at the time. Armenia also agreed to let the Gazprom venture oversee building a second, 197-kilometer pipeline to Iran.
Armenia currently receives almost all its gas by pipeline from Russia across Georgia. Gazprom Neft, Gazprom's oil arm, has said it is considering building an oil refinery in Armenia.
Also Wednesday, RIA-Novosti reported that Putin invited his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for talks in Moscow. No date was set for the meeting, the agency said.
MIDDLE EAST: Route of second section of Iran-Armenia pipeline can be changed due to environmental reasons
Published | 03-Oct-2007The second section of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline, Kajaran-Ararat, and its security zone will cover 197.4 km with the territory of 987 hectares. Such decision was made at a session of the Armenian government on September 27.
As REGNUM is told at the press office of the Armenian government, due to the resolution, the ministers of power engineering, environmental protection and agriculture, the head of the state property register, the heads of administrations of Syunik, Vayots Dzor and Ararat regions were ordered to examine within two months and present proposals to the government to change categories of the territories lying under planned gas pipeline route, about imposing limits to use of the territories and about compensations to owners of the territories.
Being guided by environmental interests, the government also instructed to prepare proposals on possible changes in the route of the pipeline if necessary. To observe the time limits of constructing the Kajaran-Ararat section, the government proposed that the ArmRosgazprom carries out the construction and designing works simultaneously, stage-by-stage, maintaining environmental expertise of the projects. The works are expected to be completed by January 2009.
The gas pipeline between Iran and Armenia has a diameter of 711 mm and a length of 40 km; its annual capacity will be 1.2bn cubic meters. Overall, about $148mn are to be invested in the three-year project. After completion of the project, Armenia will able to import 1.1bn cubic meters of gas at the initial stage, and since 2019 2.3bn. The contract is signed for a 20-year term. For each cubic meter of the Iranian gas Armenia is to return 3 kilowatt of energy.
As REGNUM is told at the press office of the Armenian government, due to the resolution, the ministers of power engineering, environmental protection and agriculture, the head of the state property register, the heads of administrations of Syunik, Vayots Dzor and Ararat regions were ordered to examine within two months and present proposals to the government to change categories of the territories lying under planned gas pipeline route, about imposing limits to use of the territories and about compensations to owners of the territories.
Being guided by environmental interests, the government also instructed to prepare proposals on possible changes in the route of the pipeline if necessary. To observe the time limits of constructing the Kajaran-Ararat section, the government proposed that the ArmRosgazprom carries out the construction and designing works simultaneously, stage-by-stage, maintaining environmental expertise of the projects. The works are expected to be completed by January 2009.
The gas pipeline between Iran and Armenia has a diameter of 711 mm and a length of 40 km; its annual capacity will be 1.2bn cubic meters. Overall, about $148mn are to be invested in the three-year project. After completion of the project, Armenia will able to import 1.1bn cubic meters of gas at the initial stage, and since 2019 2.3bn. The contract is signed for a 20-year term. For each cubic meter of the Iranian gas Armenia is to return 3 kilowatt of energy.
Via: REGNUM|
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MIDDLE EAST: Developing the energy relations between IRAN and ARMENIA
Published | 25-Sep-2007Armenia will begin imports of natural gas from Iran in 2009 to meet its energy needs, Armenia's Energy Minister, Armen Movsisyan, says.
The minister told reporters that beginning in 2009, Iran will export 1.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas to Armenia every year.
By 2019, Iran's annual gas exports to Armenia will increase to 2.3 bcm, he added.
A 144-km gas pipeline linking Armenia to Iran was inaugurated by the presidents of the two countries early this year.
Iran is expected to supply all of Armenia's gas needs within the next two years. The total outlay for the pipeline was about $28.2 million.
The minister told reporters that beginning in 2009, Iran will export 1.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas to Armenia every year.
By 2019, Iran's annual gas exports to Armenia will increase to 2.3 bcm, he added.
A 144-km gas pipeline linking Armenia to Iran was inaugurated by the presidents of the two countries early this year.
Iran is expected to supply all of Armenia's gas needs within the next two years. The total outlay for the pipeline was about $28.2 million.
Via|PressTV
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TURKEY - IRAN: Could sign an agreement on exchange of electricity
Published | 20-Aug-2007The Iranian and Turkish energy ministers on Monday signed a cooperation agreement to increase export of Iran's electric power to Turkey and exchange electricity between the two neighboring countries.
Following preliminary talks in Turkey and signing the first agreement, the second round of talks started on Sunday with the Turkish Energy Minister Helmy Guler and his accompanying delegation in Tehran which resulted in singing the second agreement.
Iran's Energy Minister Parviz Fatah said, "With the signing of the second agreement we are now closer to implementation stage." According to the agreement, Iran's export of electricity to Turkey will turn into the exchange of electric power between the two countries given such factors as peak hours and demand of each country.
He said given that the peak hours for Iran and Turkey differ from each other, therefor an appropriate opportunity has been provided for exchange of energy between the two countries.
Fattah added Iran could exchange electricity with Turkey just like Armenia and Azarbaijan.
Referring to the commissioning of gas pipeline from Iran to Armenia, he said Armenia would export electricity to Iran in exchange for the gas it receives. He added with completion of two new electricity transmission lines between Iran and Republic of Azerbaijan, the total number of energy lines will rise to six and as a result the amount of electricity transmitted from Azerbaijan to Iran will increase.
On Iran's exchange of electricity with other neighboring states, Fattah said Iran imports electricity from Turkmenistan for internal consumption and transfer of power to Turkey.
He added that Iran exports electricity to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq as well.
Following preliminary talks in Turkey and signing the first agreement, the second round of talks started on Sunday with the Turkish Energy Minister Helmy Guler and his accompanying delegation in Tehran which resulted in singing the second agreement.
Iran's Energy Minister Parviz Fatah said, "With the signing of the second agreement we are now closer to implementation stage." According to the agreement, Iran's export of electricity to Turkey will turn into the exchange of electric power between the two countries given such factors as peak hours and demand of each country.
He said given that the peak hours for Iran and Turkey differ from each other, therefor an appropriate opportunity has been provided for exchange of energy between the two countries.
Fattah added Iran could exchange electricity with Turkey just like Armenia and Azarbaijan.
Referring to the commissioning of gas pipeline from Iran to Armenia, he said Armenia would export electricity to Iran in exchange for the gas it receives. He added with completion of two new electricity transmission lines between Iran and Republic of Azerbaijan, the total number of energy lines will rise to six and as a result the amount of electricity transmitted from Azerbaijan to Iran will increase.
On Iran's exchange of electricity with other neighboring states, Fattah said Iran imports electricity from Turkmenistan for internal consumption and transfer of power to Turkey.
He added that Iran exports electricity to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq as well.
Via: Islamic Republic News Agency
IRAN - VENEZUELA: The black gold is my power!
Published | 08-May-2007