From: "George Sherwood" 

On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:52:54 +0000, Adam wrote:

>
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-
11-02T124630Z_01_L02367970_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ENERGY-RUSSIA-GEORGIA.xml&WTmodLoc=News
Landing-C4-World-3
>
> 
>
> "Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom wants to more than double gas prices for
> Georgia from 2007, a company official said on Thursday after high-level
> talks between the two sides failed to resolve a political crisis.
>
> The official said Gazprom wanted Georgia to pay $230 (121 pounds) per
> 1,000 cubic metres, up from $110 now. If the price is agreed the
> impoverished Caucasus nation would have to pay for Russian gas as
> Europe's richest nations.
>
> "This is our proposal. A deal has yet to be reached," the Gazprom
> official told Reuters.
>
> Russia proposed to hike Georgia's gas bill after the two countries'
> foreign ministers were unable at talks on Wednesday to defuse a crisis
> in their relations."
>
> Doesn't Azerbaijan produce gas?
>

Not enough yet.  The Russians never wanted or do want a competitor.  Give
it a few years.  Some gas fields here are huge.

George

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