IRAN-ARMENIA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE

The 'Iran-Armenia Gas Pipeline' is a 140 km pipeline from Iran to Armenia. The 100 km Iranian section runs from Tabriz to Iran-Armenia border. The Armenian section runs from Meghri region to Sardarian. The diameter of pipeline is 1,200 mm and it cost about 220 million USD. The initial capacity of pipeline is 1.1 bcm of natural gas annually, which will be increased up to 2.3 bcm by 2019. The contract was signed for 20 years. To reach the planned amount, the Armenian side is planning to lay another 197 km of the pipeline. For each cubic meter of the Iranian gas, Armenia is supposed to return 3 kwh of electric energy to Iran. The pipeline started operation on 20 December 2006, and was officially inaugurated by the Presidents Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and Robert Kocharian of Armenia on 19 March 2007. There are discussions to build a second pipeline from Iran to Armenia.

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★ Iran-Armenia Natural Gas Pipeline, by Fikret Ertan, The Journal of Turkish Weekly. 30 January 2006

★ Iran-Armenia gas pipeline project underway, by Alexander Gas & Oil Connections. 11 September 2006

★ Second Iran-Armenia gas pipeline on the horizon, by Alexander Gas & Oil Connections. 14 September 2006