GAS COVERAGE LEVEL REACHES 92 PER CENT IN ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
24.06.2009 12:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Gas supply level reaches 92 per cent in Armenia,
Valery Golubev, vice chairman of board of directors of Gasprom said
at the "Armenia at the crossroads of communications" international
conference held in Tsakhkadzor on June 22.

According to him, that level of gas coverage is the highest among
all CIS countries, and twice higher than the Russia’s rate, which
is 60 per cent. "The program has been implemented very effectively
and successfully in Armenia, a new approach has been applied,"
Mr. Golubev said.

According to Mr. Golubev, Armenia has perfect opportunities for economy
development and integration of its energy industry. A unified energy
company, the biggest in the South Caucasus is projected to establish
at the Hrazdan Thermal Plant to supply with electric energy Georgia
and Turkey. Terminal for transshipment and transportation of oil and
petrochemical products is projected to establish, ArmRosGasprom press
office reports