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Experts on possibility of existence of gas and oil in Armenia
tert.am
16:17 - 03.11.12
>From the very first years of independence the state provided money for
the geological surveys for gas and oil in Armenia.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, ex-prime minister of Armenia Hrant
Bagratyan said the recent decision of the Armenian government will not
give any essential result but it is beneficial for the government to
provide money `for someone to pierce and people live with hope and
belief.'
During the last cabinet sitting a decision was made to make changes in
the 2004 decision without additional expenditures from the budget.
Speaking to Tert.am, geologist Ruben Khamoyan, who in 1997-2002 and
2003-2008 worked in Armenian-American geological research company and
in Trans evro energy Canadian company, said only one research was
conducted in Armenia's Gyumri costing 300 thousand US dollars.
Khamoyan participated in geological-search works of gas and oil in
Armenia.
He said during the 1997-2008 works financed by private investors heavy
oil was once noticed, and one case of gas emission was registered in
Armavir, though the gas found there exhausted speedily.
Asked whether it is not senseless to search for gas and oil in Armenia
spending huge money on it, Khamoyan said if one out of 7 wells is
successful, it is considered effective.
As to whether he is for or against the search of gas and oil in
Armenia, Khamoyan said if it is being done on the account of investors
the more is done the better, but if with the budget means, he said he
is against it.
He noted that as far as the search works are risky the government
should give big privileges to those investing in them. Without it no
one will come to Armenia.
Vahram Vardanyan, deputy dean of Geography and Geology Faculty at the
Yerevan State University, said he is one of the scholars, who exclude
the existence of oil and gas in Armenia, considering it dreamlike.
`There are some hopes, but I believe that there was gas, oil in
Armenia on time but after the earthquakes they have fallen deeper
through the cracks and moved to south,' the deputy dean said.
He remembered of big geological expedition in Soviet Armenia by
Belarusians who worked for five years but returning back to their
homeland without results.
The professional conclusion was that there were oil and gas structures
but there were empty. There is an opinion that such structures as a
rule exist in countries having sea.
tert.am
16:17 - 03.11.12
>From the very first years of independence the state provided money for
the geological surveys for gas and oil in Armenia.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, ex-prime minister of Armenia Hrant
Bagratyan said the recent decision of the Armenian government will not
give any essential result but it is beneficial for the government to
provide money `for someone to pierce and people live with hope and
belief.'
During the last cabinet sitting a decision was made to make changes in
the 2004 decision without additional expenditures from the budget.
Speaking to Tert.am, geologist Ruben Khamoyan, who in 1997-2002 and
2003-2008 worked in Armenian-American geological research company and
in Trans evro energy Canadian company, said only one research was
conducted in Armenia's Gyumri costing 300 thousand US dollars.
Khamoyan participated in geological-search works of gas and oil in
Armenia.
He said during the 1997-2008 works financed by private investors heavy
oil was once noticed, and one case of gas emission was registered in
Armavir, though the gas found there exhausted speedily.
Asked whether it is not senseless to search for gas and oil in Armenia
spending huge money on it, Khamoyan said if one out of 7 wells is
successful, it is considered effective.
As to whether he is for or against the search of gas and oil in
Armenia, Khamoyan said if it is being done on the account of investors
the more is done the better, but if with the budget means, he said he
is against it.
He noted that as far as the search works are risky the government
should give big privileges to those investing in them. Without it no
one will come to Armenia.
Vahram Vardanyan, deputy dean of Geography and Geology Faculty at the
Yerevan State University, said he is one of the scholars, who exclude
the existence of oil and gas in Armenia, considering it dreamlike.
`There are some hopes, but I believe that there was gas, oil in
Armenia on time but after the earthquakes they have fallen deeper
through the cracks and moved to south,' the deputy dean said.
He remembered of big geological expedition in Soviet Armenia by
Belarusians who worked for five years but returning back to their
homeland without results.
The professional conclusion was that there were oil and gas structures
but there were empty. There is an opinion that such structures as a
rule exist in countries having sea.