IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE ON STREAM EARLY 2007

Tehran Times
Oct 4 2006

TEHRAN – The project of Iran’s gas conveyance pipeline to Armenia will
come on stream early 2007, Reza Kasaiizadeh, the managing director
of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said here on Wednesday.

"First, Iran will export 3 million cu. m. of gas per day to
Armenia. The figure will gradually reach 10 million cu. m. of gas per
day, according to the schedule," he told Iranian Students News Agency
(ISNA).

Shifting to Iran-Turkey gas pipeline, he said that Iran’s gas export
to Turkey was resumed on October 2, after parts of the pipeline which
were damaged by last Thursday’s explosion were repaired.

"The explosion was the first of a kind occurred at Iran’s border. NIGC
is pursuing plans to increase security in border regions in order to
prevent such events in future," he added.

He also said that Iran presently exports 20 million cu. m. of gas to
Turkey per day.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress