  Azerbaijan to increase Georgia gas supply by 500 million cubic meters February 29, 2016 - 16:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan will supply additional 500 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per year to Georgia, Trend cited the president of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR as saying. Rovnag Abdullayev made the remarks on the sidelines of the second meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council in Baku on Monday, February 29. “Previously, we supplied 800 mcm of gas to Georgia from the Shah Deniz gas field annually,” he said. “We have managed to increase the supply through that route to 1.5 billion cubic meters (bcm), also raising the exported gas volumes to 1.5 bcm via a pipeline connecting the two countries in Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district.” He also cited an opportunity to transfer extra 500-700 mcm of gas from the Shah Deniz consortium. Earlier, Georgian Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze said the country hoped to agree on additional volumes of Azerbaijani gas. Georgia’s annual gas consumption stands at 2.4 bcm.  Top stories Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesArmenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
