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CALORIE COUNTER: VALUE OF GAS THERMAL POWER DISCUSSED IN ARMENIA
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SOCIETY | 19.02.14 | 15:38
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By SIRANUYSH GEVORGYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
The doubts of heads of nongovernmental organizations dealing with
consumer rights protection have "almost been dispelled" regarding
the calorific value of natural gas supplied to consumers by Russian
energy giant Gazprom's subsidiary in Armenia.
Chairman of the Consumers Association of Armenia Armen Poghosyan
told a press conference on Wednesday that the issue that has become
particularly topical in recent months was discussed at the Gazprom
Armenia office and that all parties concerned attended the discussion.
After the discussion the Russian company's mobile laboratory conducted
a random sampling visiting consumers' apartments.
Poghosyan received the sampling results, saying that the calorific
value of natural gas supplied to households in Armenia is 8,200 kcal
per cubic meter, which corresponds to the norm as under the contractual
obligation the Russian gas should be of no less than 7,900 kcal.
Claims about a low calorific value of natural gas began to circulate
since late last year as people started to feel the negative effect of
the rise in its price amid a cold winter. According to Poghosyan, not
a single day passes by without his organization's receiving complaints
from citizens regarding this issue. Citizens, he said, complain that
their gas might not be "clean", but mixed with something, that it takes
them longer than before to prepare meals and that when burning what
is supposed to be 'blue' fuel has a yellowish coloring. Even a civil
initiative was established in Armenia on the matter of 'gas calories'
and the head of this initiative intends to sue Gazprom Armenia for
allegedly lying about the quality of the supplied gas and wants to
get an opportunity for an independent expert assessment of the gas
quality in court.
Gazprom Armenia has spurned critics' allegations about a reduced
calorific power of its gas. Company spokesperson Shushan Sardaryan
says the calorific value of the gas supplied to the population in
Armenia is checked every day both in Georgia and in Armenia. She says
that claims that methane is mixed with nitrogen are 'fiction'.
Poghosyan said they had no grounds to distrust the accuracy of
Gazprom's laboratory equipment, as it is certified in Germany. But
in order to verify the results, he said they would seek to check
the quality of the Russian gas at another laboratory abroad, but at
present they have no financial means for that. Gazprom, according to
Poghosyan, has refused to pay for laboratory checks abroad.
http://armenianow.com/society/52106/armenia_gas_calories_count_thermal_power_gazprom
SOCIETY | 19.02.14 | 15:38
Photolure
By SIRANUYSH GEVORGYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
The doubts of heads of nongovernmental organizations dealing with
consumer rights protection have "almost been dispelled" regarding
the calorific value of natural gas supplied to consumers by Russian
energy giant Gazprom's subsidiary in Armenia.
Chairman of the Consumers Association of Armenia Armen Poghosyan
told a press conference on Wednesday that the issue that has become
particularly topical in recent months was discussed at the Gazprom
Armenia office and that all parties concerned attended the discussion.
After the discussion the Russian company's mobile laboratory conducted
a random sampling visiting consumers' apartments.
Poghosyan received the sampling results, saying that the calorific
value of natural gas supplied to households in Armenia is 8,200 kcal
per cubic meter, which corresponds to the norm as under the contractual
obligation the Russian gas should be of no less than 7,900 kcal.
Claims about a low calorific value of natural gas began to circulate
since late last year as people started to feel the negative effect of
the rise in its price amid a cold winter. According to Poghosyan, not
a single day passes by without his organization's receiving complaints
from citizens regarding this issue. Citizens, he said, complain that
their gas might not be "clean", but mixed with something, that it takes
them longer than before to prepare meals and that when burning what
is supposed to be 'blue' fuel has a yellowish coloring. Even a civil
initiative was established in Armenia on the matter of 'gas calories'
and the head of this initiative intends to sue Gazprom Armenia for
allegedly lying about the quality of the supplied gas and wants to
get an opportunity for an independent expert assessment of the gas
quality in court.
Gazprom Armenia has spurned critics' allegations about a reduced
calorific power of its gas. Company spokesperson Shushan Sardaryan
says the calorific value of the gas supplied to the population in
Armenia is checked every day both in Georgia and in Armenia. She says
that claims that methane is mixed with nitrogen are 'fiction'.
Poghosyan said they had no grounds to distrust the accuracy of
Gazprom's laboratory equipment, as it is certified in Germany. But
in order to verify the results, he said they would seek to check
the quality of the Russian gas at another laboratory abroad, but at
present they have no financial means for that. Gazprom, according to
Poghosyan, has refused to pay for laboratory checks abroad.