IRAN AWAITS AZERBAIJANI GAS
    BAKU/27.08.10/TURAN: Asgar Soelipor, a functionary from Iran"s National Gas Export Company, stated the gas import from Azerbaijan into Iran would rise from 1 million to 2.5 million m3 per day. He said the Azerbaijan-Iran gas main and the Astara gas compressor station on the Azerbaijan-Iran border are being upgraded. The job will be completed soon. `The import will be raised to 2.5 million m3 at Stage 1 and to 5 million m3 at Stage 2,` he said.
     The functionary reminded that Iran imports 1 million m3 of gas per day from Azerbaijan on swap contracts for Azerbaijan"s exclave Nakhchivan Autonomy.
     SOCAR intends to modernize the gas infrastructure towards Iran to increase the gas export in this direction. The company plans to complete the Astara gas compressor station"s modernization by September 15, raising the operational pressure from 50 to 75 atmospheres. This will let SOCAR increase the gas export to Iran from 1.2 million to 5 million m3 per day.
     * Azerbaijan has been supplying gas to Nakhchivan through Iran since November 5, 2006. The supplies totaled 179.7 million m3 in H1, 2010. SOCAR and Iran"s National Gas Export Company agreed about the supply of 100 million m3 from Azerbaijan to Iran on January 13, 2010. But the gas was not supplied because of the existing pipeline"s limited throughput. --12В--

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