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Georgia to receive Shah Deniz gas as from March 17

16 March 2007 [23:53] - TODAY.AZ
Georgia will be receiving Shah Deniz Gas via Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline from Saturday.

Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation told APA-Economics that the country will be importing 1mln cubic meters of natural gas per day via this route as well as continuing to receive 1.3mln cubic meters of natural gas a day from Azerbaijan until April 1 through the old pipeline at a price of $120 per 1,000 cubic meters.

Georgia got 7.8mln cubic meters of Shah Deniz gas during January.

For 2007 Georgia shall receive 250 cu m of gas as transit tax. Also, Turkey is expected to cede some part of its original quota (some 800mln cubic meters) to Georgia.

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