GAS SUPPLY OF ARMENIA RESTORED

Noyan Tapan
Dec 21 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. On the afternoon of December 21
the damaged section of the gas pipeline in Georgia was restored
and now the previous volume of Russian gas is being supplied to
Armenia. NT was informed about it from Shushan Sardarian, spokeswoman
of ArmRusgazprom CJSC. To recap, the gas pipeline was damaged on
the morning of December 18 by an avalanche in the Ananuri-Dusheti
section. The avalanche damaged the 1.2 thousand mm-diameter pipe.

After the accident, one third of the necessary volume of gas was
supplied to Armenia through a reserve gas pipeline.