Iran Says Pipeline Blast Halts Its Gas Exports To Armenia
Armenian officials informed Iran on Wednesday morning that an explosion had occurred on the pipeline, the ministry's Shana agency said, without specifying the reasons for the blast.
Iran will resume gas exports to Armenia as soon as the Armenians repair the pipeline, it added.
Iran started the export of natural gas to Armenia in May.
According to a deal signed in May 2004, Armenia will pay for the gas with electricity it produces at a Soviet-era nuclear power plant.
Based on the agreement, Iran is supposed to transfer three million cubic meters of gas per day to Armenia and from the beginning of 2011 will raise this volume to four million cubic meters per day.
-Benoit Faucon, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 77 601 777 36; benoit.faucon@dowjones.com
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Publié le 12 novembre 2009 Copyright © 2009 Dowjones
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