Price for gas supplied to Georgia to be set in weeks
The volume and price for the gas Azerbaijan will supply to Georgia
will be determined in late April. The two countries are due to
launch talks on the issue April 24.
"We will be buying gas if the price is below $235 per 1,000 cubic meters," Georgian Energy Minister Aleksandr Khetaguri told journalists.
He added that a number of technical issues concerning transportation of gas would be tabled during the discussions as well.
Georgia had been meeting its domestic demand with Azeri gas since 2007. The neighboring South Caucasus republic was buying gas for $120 per 1,000 cu. m. last year as an additional source of gas in the backdrop of a reduction in deliveries from Russia, which had raised the price. The supplies of Azeri gas to Georgia were suspended on January 6 over differences on the gas price. Azerbaijan now plans to raise the price to about $200 for 2008 to bring it closer to those charged in world markets.
Since March 2007, Georgia has also been receiving gas produced from the biggest Azerbaijani offshore field Shahdaniz through the newly-built Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline that goes through its territory as well as Azerbaijan and Turkey. Georgia receives 250m cu. m. a year in transit fees.
"We will be buying gas if the price is below $235 per 1,000 cubic meters," Georgian Energy Minister Aleksandr Khetaguri told journalists.
He added that a number of technical issues concerning transportation of gas would be tabled during the discussions as well.
Georgia had been meeting its domestic demand with Azeri gas since 2007. The neighboring South Caucasus republic was buying gas for $120 per 1,000 cu. m. last year as an additional source of gas in the backdrop of a reduction in deliveries from Russia, which had raised the price. The supplies of Azeri gas to Georgia were suspended on January 6 over differences on the gas price. Azerbaijan now plans to raise the price to about $200 for 2008 to bring it closer to those charged in world markets.
Since March 2007, Georgia has also been receiving gas produced from the biggest Azerbaijani offshore field Shahdaniz through the newly-built Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline that goes through its territory as well as Azerbaijan and Turkey. Georgia receives 250m cu. m. a year in transit fees.
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