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    CENN – SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 DAILY DIGEST
    Table of Contents:
    1. EIR-NOW! Implementing EIR: Please Read
    2. Chanturia Discharged from GIOC
    3. Energy Regulation Commission Refrains from Commenting on Possible
    Corruption in Energy Tariff
    4. UEDC Fails to Ensure Round-The Clock Energy Supply in Winter
    5. Madneuli Receives Georgia's First Gold
    6. Vitol wins SOCAR Urals Tender
    7. Vacancy Announcement -- Administrative Assistant



    1. EIR-NOW! IMPLEMENTING EIR: PLEASE READ

    Dear All,

    The Bank/IFC has proposed a meeting with civil society organizations
    during the annual meetings. The proposed date would be either September
    30 or October 1st. The agenda for the meeting would focus on
    implementation issues, including the multistakeholder advisory group,
    their process for developing new governance indicators, poverty
    indicators and the developing a new energy strategy.

    Do groups want to have this meeting? I have proposed that the meeting be
    scheduled at a time, which could accommodate others, that may not be in
    Washington, but could join by phone.

    It would also be useful to take advantage of those of you that do plan
    to come to Washington DC for the annual meetings, to have a
    debrief/lessons learned discussion and some time together to think about
    the next steps for the EIR.

    My proposal then is that we have the NGO only strategy session/debrief
    on EIR on September 30, and meet with the WBG the next day on October
    1st. Does this work for people? Please give some feedback as soon as
    possible so that we can confirm these meetings and times on the NGO
    calendar.

    Finally, Wolfensohn will be having his traditional meeting with NGOs by
    videoconference next Tuesday, September 21st. NGOs in the Netherlands,
    Brazil, Georgia, Nigeria and Japan will participate.

    IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES AND CAN PARTICIPATE, PLEASE GET IN
    TOUCH WITH YOUR COUNTRY OFFICE AND REQUEST AN INVITATION.

    It would be extremely useful if groups could raise implementation
    questions with Wolfensohn directly.

    For example, since the Bank is notorious for not implementing its
    commitments well, it would be important to ask Wolfensohn if the
    responsibilities for implementing the different aspects of their EIR
    commitments have been delegated and to tell us how the lead points of
    contact will be for both the IFC, the Bank and the regions. Also, does
    he plan to spell out the plan and commitments to the Regional Vice
    Presidents and Country Directors and hold them to implementing it as
    well?

    Also, what is his timeline for reviewing and revising the energy
    strategy so that their energy lending is in line with their stated
    mission to deliver energy services to the poor?

    Those are some possible questions. Please let me know if you are in one
    of those countries and will be able to join the meeting. It would be
    very helpful if you could provide a report back to this list- EIR-NOW!:
    [email protected]

    All for now - please respond about the proposed meetings

    E-mail: [email protected]


    2. CHANTURIA DISCHARGED FROM GIOC

    Source: Messenger, September 13, 2004

    The post of president of the Georgian International Oil Corporation is
    vacant after President Mikheil Saakashvili fired Gia Chanturia while he
    was in Baku discussing the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. There are
    rumors in the media that the prosecutor's office may become interested
    in Chanturia's affairs.

    Two possible candidates for the presidency of GIOC have been nominated:
    the former media tycoon Erosi Kitsmarishvili and the US-based Georgian
    Ramaz Berianidze.

    Before the Rose Revolution, GIOC president Chanturia was considered to
    be not only as a highly successful administrator, but as a possible
    candidate succeed then-president Shevardnadze in the 2005 presidential
    elections. During the revolution, however, Chanturia remained in
    Shevardnadze's camp, although he did not actively participate against
    the Saakashvili-Zvania alliance.

    Unlike many Shevardnadze allies, Chanturia was not discharged
    immediately after the Rose Revolution, although his office building was
    taken from him. The Georgian media suggested that Chanturia's was able
    to remain in his post owing to his personal friendship with current
    Azeri president Ilham Aliev.

    It is said that they have been friends from their youth and that,
    according to newspaper Alia; Chanturia was appointed GIOC president by
    Shevardnadze under the recommendation and promotion of the Aliev family.

    Nobody can say whether Aliev agreed to Gia Chanturia's discharge or if
    Saakashvili asked him.

    According to Alia, Chanturia may be questioned by the general
    Prosecutor's office. But assuming that he manages to avoid any
    complications with Georgia law-enforcement bodies, he might be granted a
    high position in Azerbaijan by his friend Aliev.


    3. ENERGY REGULATION COMMISSION REFRAINS FROM COMMENTING ON POSSIBLE
    CORRECTION IN ENERGY TARIFF

    Source: Sarke, September 13, 2004

    The Right Opposition faction of Parliamentary has raised a question on
    the reduction of consumer's energy tariff following the recent
    strengthening of the lari rate. However, the chairman of the National
    Energy Regulation Commission Giorgi Tavadze says according to the law,
    the gas tariff is liable to changes only if the change of the lari
    exchange rate exceeds 5%, while this regulation does not concern the
    energy tariff.


    4. UEDC FAILS TO ENSURE ROUND-THE CLOCK ENERGY SUPPLY IN WINTER

    Georgia United Energy Distributing Company (UEDC) fails to guarantee
    round-the-clock electricity supply during the winter season.

    The company spokesmen told INTER-PRESS big cities- Rustavi and Kutaisi,
    where external installation of the electricity meters is almost
    completed, power will be delivered from 06:00-08:00pm in winter, while
    electricity supply in villages, where communal meters are installed will
    be 8-hour.

    "Communal meters will be installed on transformers of each village and
    it will indicate the extend of the consumed electricity by the whole
    village. Such processes are already completed in the entire zone of the
    Imereti region. Communal meters are being installed in the
    Mtskheta-Mtianeti and Samtskhe-Javaxeti regions", the company spokesmen
    said.

    UEDC is anticipating receiving GEL 1 million grant from the central
    budget that will enable the company to install communal meters in
    villages.

    As for the big cities, where a process of external installation of
    meters are underway, the company reports that will try to ensure the
    solvent consumers with the permanent electricity supply during the
    winter season.

    Meanwhile, American managers of the company state that electricity
    supply during the winter season will be guaranteed for only solvent
    consumers.


    5. MADNEULI RECEIVES GEORGIA'S FIRST GOLD

    Source: Messenger, September 13, 2004

    The Georgian company Madneuli is the first in the history of Georgia to,
    in laboratory conditions, pour out an 80gram gold ingot from
    gold-containing allow produced by the Georgian-Australian joint venture
    Quartzite (kvartsit), Madneuli's General Director Vasily Tsotadze told
    the press.

    Alloy produced by Quartzite as a semi-finished has until now been
    processed in Britain, Tsotadze said.

    In order for Madneuli to begin producing pure gold without the help of
    foreign partners, "the enterprise requires re-equipping and
    modernization, which specialists say will cost $12 millions," he said.

    "If the government is 'kind' in this and an investor is found. The
    Madneuli workforce will undertake to produce Georgian gold," Tsotadze
    told.

    Economic Development Minister Kakha Bendukidze said in later comments
    with the press on Tsotadze's own statements that state-owned Madneuli
    "should be sold and as quickly as possible," adding "any state-run
    enterprise is a wellspring of corruption".

    Madneuli was founded in December of 1994 at the Madneuli mining and
    beneficiation combine. The government currently owns 97.3% of the
    company's stock.


    6. VITOL WINS SOCAR URALS TENDER

    Source: CBN, September 14, 2004

    Azeri State Oil Firm SOCAR has awarded a tender for one million barrels
    of Russian sour Urals crude for October 18-19 loading from Novorossiysk
    to Swiss-based trading house Vitol, a SOCAR official said on September
    10, 2004. The official said SOCAR would also tender a second
    million-barrel Novorossiysk cargo next week to be loaded during the last
    days of October. The previous SOCAR tender, for a million-barrel
    end-September Urals cargo, was won last month by trading house Taurus.
    SOCAR exports its crude from two Black Sea ports, Novorossiysk in Russia
    and Supsa in Georgia. In Russia, SOCAR's crude is mixed with Russia's
    main crude export blend Urals. From Supsa, SOCAR exports sweet Azeri
    light grade as part of the Azeri state's production sharing deal in a
    BP-led Caspian offshore project.


    7. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

    For the purposes of BP operations and under the BP management
    supervision, IRA Ltd is seeking to recruit a suitable qualified
    individual for the posotion of Administrative Assistant.

    Administrative assistant will be a third-party contractor for BP WREP
    Operations working under BP management supervision.

    Job Description:
    The Administrative Assistant will be responsible for:

    Provision of administrative and secretarial assistance to the Pipeline
    Superintendent and to the Operations Department
    Undertaking and coordination of all activities associated with the
    provision of translation/interpretation services

    Roles&Responsibilities:
    Specific responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

    o Scheduling, arranging and coordination of meeting, other appointments
    and activities for the Pipeline Superintendent and for the Operations
    Department
    o Interpreting for Pipeline Superintendent and for Operations department
    and other visiting executives at meetings with Georgian Ministeries or
    other Government Agencies, GIOC, etc.
    o Translating all departmental level correspondence, and any BP
    sensitive or confidential documents.
    o Development and maintenance of an operations personnel tracking system
    for day to day location and vacationn scheduling
    o Provision of administrative support to the pipeline Superintendent and
    operations
    o Department, ensuring that all office activities including telephone
    screening, preperation of correspondence and documentation, maintenance
    of filing systems, etc. are efficiently handeled.
    o Maintenance of data bases and tracking systems related to HSE
    records,Process Upsets, Safety Inputs including preparing and issuing
    associated weekly and monthly reports

    Experience&Education:
    o The incumbent will have:
    o University degree in languages with advance studies in English,
    Georgian and Russian
    ž Flient English and russian skills
    ž 5 years of experience at least in administration and
    translation/interpretation at all levels of business and government
    ž PC proficiency (Microsoft Word) essential
    ž Exposure to government & Public activities is desirable
    ž Knowledge of technical terminology used in the oil industry would be
    preferable
    ž Georgian citizenship is required.

    How to Apply / Additional Information:
    If you feel you have the required skills and experience to fulfill this
    role please submit a copy of your CV and fill in the relevant
    application form available at the adress below.

    The closing date for receipt of application is Thursday, September 23,
    2004

    All applications received will be acknowledged but this is no way
    implies that candidates will be interviewed and/or offered employment.

    HR Department
    BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Ltd. Georgia
    123A Agmashenebeli Avenue, Tbilisi Georgia
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