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    PIPELINE LEAK DISRUPTS ARMENIAN GAS

    United Press International
    Jan 10 2009

    TBILISI, Georgia, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The transportation of Russian
    natural gas to Armenia halted Friday following damage to a pipeline
    in southern Georgia, officials said.

    Georgian Energy Minister Alexander Khetaguri said a gas leak at a
    major gas pipeline prompted officials to cut supplies, U.N.-funded
    online news service Civil Georgia reported.

    The "gas leak is significant, so this morning we fully suspended gas
    transit to Armenia," the minister said.

    Armenia receives natural gas through the North Caucasus-Transcaucasus
    pipeline and the Mozdok-Tbilisi pipeline. It was not clear in several
    media reports which pipeline was damaged, though the Mozdok-Tbilisi
    route experienced similar issues in 2006.

    Georgian officials said they were taking "urgent measures" to restore
    the volume of gas to Armenia, but cautioned it may take at least five
    days for repairs to conclude.

    Russia and Georgia noted Armenia has two months' worth of gas supplies
    in storage and should not be impacted by the disruption.

    The disruption was not linked to the debt row between Ukraine and
    Russian energy monopoly Gazprom.
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