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Armenia and Iran discuss expansion of projects in natural gas, energy and oil areas

... Administration and Infrastructures Suren Papikyan converged today with Iran's Minister of Oil Bijan Zangeneh on the sidelines of the “Russian Energy Week” in Moscow. The Armenian ministry's press service said the two men discussed the current status of jointly ... ... Iran-paid construction of the third 400-kilowatt high-voltage line is under way now. According to Armenia’s Customs Service, Iranian natural gas supplies to Armenia in 2018 grew to 577 million cubic meters compared to 385.2 million cubic meters in 2017....

10/03/2019

No threat of countrywide blackout in Armenia, UN national energy expert says

... large stability reserve and has also excessive generating capacity. Marjanyan said the Yerevan Thermal Power Plant worked on Iranian natural gas as part of gas for electricity swap deal. Iranian gas is converted here into electricity and is shipped back ... ... unit of the Hrazdan TPP, according to the expert, the consequences will not be serious either. “The 5th unit works mainly on Russian natural gas and its impact on the system is not great either. I think that this issue will be clarified soon,” said ...

07/10/2019

Construction of new pipeline not among plans of Iranian natural gas transit through Armenia

... increasing volumes of supplies. YEREVAN, March 19. /ARKA/. Construction of a new gas pipeline is not among the plans of Iranian natural gas transit through Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Tuesday at a news conference. In his words, the ... ... volumes of supplies. Pashinyan said that ahead of his trip to Iran, he talked to the Georgian prime minister as well as to the Russian and Turkmen presidents. “I told them what issues I intended to discuss in Iran,” he said. “It was important to understand ...

03/19/2019

Rouhani: Iran ready to step up supplies of natural gas to Armenia

... importance both in terms of bilateral and regional dimensions and in broader terms. There is political will to resolve these issues, and we hope that the ongoing negotiations will be successful,’ Pashinyan said. According to Armenia’s Customs Service, Iranian natural gas supplies to Armenia in 2018 grew to 577 million cubic meters compared to 385.2 million cubic meters in 2017. Iranian gas supplies accounted for 22.6% of the total volume of natural gas delivered to Armenia. The bulk comes from Russia....

02/27/2019

Armenian government considering chances for buying Iranian natural gas

... natural gas from the neighboring Iran, the acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told reporters on January 7. "The issue of Iranian natural gas supplies was discussed in the past, is being discussed now and will be discussed until a concrete and profitable ... ... The Iran-paid construction of the third 400-kilowatt high-voltage line is under way now. Speaking about the decision of the Russian Gazprom to raise the price of natural gas it ships to Armenia from $150 per one thousand cubic meters to $165, Pashinyan ...

01/08/2019

Armenian government to seek a drop in Russian natural gas price

... between the top officials of both countries. "At the moment there are no negotiations, but they will resume in November," the minister said. He said also that he personally met with the Iranian Energy Minister asking him to offer a price for the Iranian natural gas, but no response came so far. According to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, in 2017 deliveries of Russian natural gas to Armenia increased by 7% to 1 billion and 996 million cubic meters and deliveries of natural gas from Iran grew by 2.9% to 382 million and 700 thousand cubic meters. The total gas consumption in Armenia in 2017 increased by 5.3%....

08/29/2018

Iran has not offered Armenia natural gas at lower-than-Russian price

... and natural resources, said on Tuesday. YEREVAN, February 13. /ARKA/. Iran has not offered natural gas at a lower-than-Russian price to Armenia, Hayk Harutyunyan, Armenian deputy minister of energy infrastructures and natural resources, said on ... ... interested in growth of the Armenia’s gas export, and Armenia is interested in affordable prices. Speaking about prospects of Iranian natural gas transit to Georgia and the benefits Armenia may have from it, the deputy minister said that if Georgia and ...

02/13/2018

Slovakia’s EU-Asia Business Finance Centre Holding intends to ensure transit of Iranian natural gas to Europe through Armenia

Slovakia’s EU-ASIA Business Finance Centre Holding is planning to ensure the transit of Iranian natural gas to Europe through Armenia, Ashot Grigoryan, the president of the holding, told journalists on Friday. YEREVAN, October 10. /ARKA/. Slovakia’s EU-ASIA Business Finance Centre Holding is planning to ensure the transit of Iranian ...

10/10/2016

Minister: Armenia can secure transit of 500 million cubic meters of natural gas from Iran to Georgia

... Resources Minister Yervand Zakharyan said on February 24. According to him, the deal is being still negotiated by Armenia, Russia, Georgia and Iran. In early January Iranian and Georgian governments said they reached a preliminary agreement for delivery of Iranian natural gas to Georgia via neighboring Armenia. Alireza Kameli, head of the Iranian National Gas Export Company, said this in remarks posted on the official website of Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum. Kameli said Georgia will likely import up ...

02/25/2016

Iran to increase shipment of natural gas to Armenia from 2017

Imports of Iranian natural gas to Armenia are expected to rise in 2017, Armenian deputy energy and natural resources minister Hayk Harutyunyan said today, adding that this will enable to increase exports of Armenia-produced electricity to Iran. YEREVAN, ...

10/20/2015

Armenia can become gateway to Europe for Iranian natural gas

Armenia can become a transit way to Europe for Iranian natural gas if display ample independence for participation in construction of a gas pipeline sidetracking Russia, Zhamanak says. YEREVAN, July 15. /ARKA/. Armenia can become a transit way to Europe for Iranian natural gas if it displays ample ...

07/15/2015

Purchase of Iranian natural gas at lower-than-Russian price absolutely unlikely - Armenian minister

Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharyan, speaking Wednesday at a Q&A session in the National Assembly, ruled out any probability of purchase of Iranian natural gas at a lower-than-Russian price. YEREVAN, May 20. /ARKA/. Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharyan, speaking Wednesday at a Q&A session in the National Assembly, ruled out any probability of purchase of Iranian natural gas at a lower-than-Russian ...

05/20/2015

Armenia imported 2.451 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia and Iran in 2014

... 2.062 billion cubic meters, while imports of gas from Iran fell by 3% to 389 million cubic meters. He said Armenia pays for Iranian natural gas with electricity supplies. Under the agreement signed in 2009 Armenia has imported 2.2 billion cubic meters ... ... public sector enterprises’ consumption dropped by 4.49% to 43.4 million cubic meters. Gazprom Armenia, 100% owned by Russian Gazprom, deals with gas supplies to Armenia. The company is also engaged in transportation, storage, distribution and ...

01/14/2015

Iran may apply non-market approaches in exporting its natural gas to friendly countries

... Reisi said that it is not clear yet which price is higher. He said the matter should be negotiated and it will become known which price is higher at the moment of signing the agreement. “First of all, it should be specified what are prices for Russian and Iranian natural gas, and after that it will become clear whether the countries can compete or they are equal. We can sell gas at $400 to one country and at $100 to another country.” Earlier, as Armenian media reported, Reisi implied an idea that Iran ...

12/06/2013

Armenian Energy Ministry finds Iran’s offer to increase gas export to Armenia interesting

... prolonged for five years and gas import can be increased to 47 billion cubic meters. Galstyan said that under the contract, Armenia can enlarge volumes of the gas imported from Iran, if it needs more gas. He refrained from commenting on the price for Iranian natural gas. “There is an offer and it should be considered,” he said. Asked whether Armenia will manage to decide how much Iranian gas is an alternative to Russian gas, the deputy minister said that this is a very difficult question. “But any case, the more sources, directions and options of fuel supply a country has, the more the country is safe,” he said. “If we have to choose, we’ll prefer what ...

06/12/2013

Iranian gas not to cost less than $370 per 1,000 c. m to Armenia, minister says

... less than $370 per 1,000 cubic meters, said Armen Movsisyan, Energy and Natural Resources Minister. YEREVAN, May 24./ARKA/. Iranian natural gas will cost to Armenia not less than $370 per 1,000 cubic meters, said Armen Movsisyan, Energy and Natural Resources ... ... over the tariffs are finished. ArmRosgazprom CJSC, established in 1997, enjoys the sole right for importing and distributing Russian natural gas in Armenia. Russia conveys its gas to Armenia through Georgia. The company’s shareholders are Russia’s ...

05/24/2013

Armenian energy minister: Iranian natural gas can’t be alternative to Russian

Iranian natural gas can’t be an alternative to Russian gas, Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisyan said at the forum the United States’ Embassy in Armenia held Wednesday for discussing prospects for Armenian energy industry’s development and issues related to renewable ...

05/22/2013

Armenia and Iran negotiating Iranian gas exports to Armenia

... exports over one million cubic meters of gas to Armenia per day through a natural gas running 113 kilometers from Iranian Tabriz to the Armenian border. Under the swap agreement Armenia is to export 3 KWh electricity in return for one cubic meter of Iranian natural gas. Armenia receives natural gas also from Russia delivered by ArmRosGazprom operator in which Russian Gazprom holds more than 80%. The remaining shares are owned by Armenian government. -0-

04/13/2011

Fifth unit of the Hrazdan thermal power plant will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2011

... financial and technical reports on their activities in 201o and present their projects for 2011 and paid a special attention to financial discipline issues and optimization of expenses. Earlier a deputy chairman of Gazprom, Valery Golubev, said the Russian giant spent more $460 million on finishing the protracted construction of the fifth unit in 2011. The electrical power that will be produced from Iranian natural gas will be shipped back to Iran as payment of gas.-0-

01/10/2011