Gas transportation via south Caucasian gas pipeline restored

Transportation of natural gas via the South Caucasian gas pipeline gas been restored, the Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation told Regnum news agency.

However, at present Georgia receives 1.8 million cub.m. of gas a day from the Azerbaijani Shah-Deniz field instead of the  planned 2.5 million cub.m.

Transportation of gas via the South Caucasian pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum) was suspended on February 7, 2014, because of the problems on the Sangachal terminal in Azerbaijan. The problems have been solved by February 8, 2014 morning, but Azerbaijani specialists claim that the situation will be better by February 10 morning and after that gas transportation to Georgia and Turkey will be resumed.

The Oil and Gas Corporation reported that despite suspension of gas transportation via the South Caucasian pipeline the Georgian population has no problems with gas supply and the Georgian distribution companies received additional gas volumes from other gas pipelines (Hajigabul-Gardabani, which is owned by SOCAR). 

Gas is transported from the Azerbaijani Shah-Deniz field to Turkey and Georgia via the South Caucasian gas pipeline. 692-km-long gas pipeline Baku-Tbilisi-Erzerum was built by BP and its partners and was put into operation in September 2006. Construction of a new 12-km-long gas pipeline, which connected the South Caucasian pipeline with the Georgian gas supply system, completed near Gardabani in 2006 and after its launching in January 2007 Georgia received the first gas from Azerbaijan via the pipeline.—0—