SOCAR continues gasification in Georgia
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The Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR will continue gasification of Georgian villages and towns until 2017 in the framework of the new agreement.
The agreement for the 100,000 families gasification in Georgia was signed on December 24 by the Georgian Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze, Minister of Economy Giorgi Kvirikashvili and the SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev.
"This is a very important social project for Georgia and the government attaches a special importance to it. Azerbaijan is an important investment partner of Georgia, which provides us support and assistance on this path. said Georgian Minister of Economy Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
According to the Minister of Economy, SOCAR is planning to construct the carbamide plant in Kulevi, which demands an investment worth about $1 billion. It will allow employment for about 5,000 people.
In 2013, 191 village of Georgia were gasified, according to the Ministry of Energy.
A multi-million dollar hydro power station with a potential to power tens of thousands of homes, has been officially opened in Kazbegi.
Almost 2,000 families living in rural Georgia are now supplied with natural gas for the first time.
An oil processing plant has been embarked to be built in western Georgia’s Kulevi village. The village is close to the Kulevi oil terminal on the eastern Black Sea coast in Georgia.