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Iran, Armenia gas pipeline operational by spring Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - ©2005 IranMania.com Archived Picture - - A natural gas pipeline linking Iran and Armenia will become operational this coming spring, a spokesman for the Armenian president said. The construction of the 141-kilometer (90-mile) pipeline from Iran began in 2004. It has a price tag of about $210-220 mln, including $120 mln for the Armenian section, RIA Novosti reported. LONDON, January 31 (IranMania) - A natural gas pipeline linking Iran and Armenia will become operational this coming spring, a spokesman for the Armenian president said. The construction of the 141-kilometer (90-mile) pipeline from Iran began in 2004. It has a price tag of about $210-220 mln, including $120 mln for the Armenian section, RIA Novosti reported. “The gas pipeline will be commissioned this spring. Only then will it be possible to say whether it will be a transit system. In any case, Yerevan has always been guided by considerations of economic expediency. Economic projects that had a political subtext have always been rejected by the Armenian authorities,“ Viktor Sogomonyan said. Under the current agreement, Iran is to deliver 36 bln cubic meters of natural gas to Armenia over the next 20 years, subject to a possible five-year extension and an increase in deliveries to 47 bln cubic meters. Armenia plans to use all of the gas to produce electricity for subsequent export to Iran, as well as for domestic consumption. Sogomonyan also confirmed that Russian energy giant Gazprom was considering a project to build an oil refinery in southern Armenia near the Iranian border. “I can confirm that Russia’s Gazprom is considering the possibility of building an oil refinery in Armenia,“ Sogomonyan said, adding that negotiations were in the initial stage. He said Armenian President Robert Kocharyan had discussed the project during his visit to Russia last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin said after the talks that Russian mobile operator VimpelCom, aluminum company RusAl and Gazprom would double their investment in the Armenian economy to $1.5 bln. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
