Russian gas supplies resumed to Armenia via Georgia

12:10, 13.02.2015 1 min read

The transportation of natural gas to Armenia across the territory of Georgia via the North Caucasus - South Caucasus trunk pipeline, which was interrupted on Thursday, was resumed at 7:45 pm local time on February 12, Armenia's gas monopoly, CJSC Gazprom Armenia, the subsidiary of OJSC Gazprom, said in a statement.

The supply of Russian natural gas to Armenia was temporarily stopped from 1:30 pm local time on February 12 due to damage to the trunk pipeline on the territory Georgia. Gas supply for consumers was carried out without interruption using reserves from the Abovyan underground gas storage facility.

The trunk pipeline, along which natural gas is supplied from Russia to Georgia and Armenia, was built in the 1970s. For the transit of Russian gas, Georgia receives 10% of the total volume of gas being supplied to Armenia.