GAZPROM TO RESTORE GAS SUPPLIES TO GEORGIA, ARMENIA SOON

Interfax, Russia
Aug 20 2007

MOSCOW. Aug 20 (Interfax) – Russian gas concern Gazprom (RTS: GAZP)
is to restore gas supplies to Georgia and Armenia soon, which were
temporarily halted on Monday morning due to scheduled repairs,
a source in the company told Interfax.

"Due to scheduled repairs in preparation for the fall-winter period
of operations on the Georgian section of the North Caucasus – Trans-
Caucasus gas pipeline, gas supplies to Armenia and Georgia have been
temporarily halted from 10:00 Moscow time on August 20," Gazprom said.

"In line with a letter from the Georgian gas transport company,
gas supplies to Armenia should be restarted in full (3 million cubic
meters per day) from 20:00 on August 20, 2007," the statement said.

An ArmRosGazprom representative said earlier that supplies would be
halted not for a day, but for a week. rd