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  • UPI Energy Watch: Gazprom secures pipeline deal with Iran, Armenia

    United Press International
    Nov 10 2006

    UPI Energy Watch
    By ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU
    UPI Energy Correspondent


    Gazprom secures pipeline deal with Iran, Armenia


    Russian gas giant Gazprom has acquired control of the
    Iranian-Armenian gas pipeline, in move industry experts say is an
    attempt to secure its leverage on the European gas market.

    In 2005, Gazprom inked an agreement in which Armenia would pay only
    $110 per cubic meter of gas, which is approximately half the market
    price, in return for Gazprom taking a 45 percent stake in the
    ArmRosGaz joint venture, which controls both Armenia's domestic gas
    distribution network and the soon-to-be-completed gas pipeline from
    Iran, The Times of London reported.

    Armenian and Gapzrom officials met last week to discuss Gazprom's
    interest in raising its stake in ArmRosGaz to 58 percent by
    purchasing an additional $119 million of shares in the company.

    With a control over the Iran-Armenian pipeline, Gazprom would be the
    first to supply Iranian gas to Europe. The pipeline could have become
    a rival source of gas for Western Europe, which is increasingly
    dependent on Gazprom.

    Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of Gazprom, told The Times: "It's
    a profitable project for us. We hope to use the joint venture to
    become involved in extraction and development, and possibly help
    supply gas through the joint venture to Western Europe, as well as
    Pakistan and India."
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