Earthquake in Azerbaijan has no affect on energy and transport infrastructure’s operation – Trend

An earthquake in the north-west of Azerbaijan has not affected the work of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and South Caucasus gas pipeline, BP, which is operator of the pipelines, told Trend on Monday.

Also, the earthquake has not affected the operation of the railway and airport in Zagatala, which was confirmed by CJSC Azerbaijan Railways and CJSC Azerbaijan Airlines.

As SC Azerenergy (electricity production and distribution in Azerbaijan) told Trend, the earthquake in north-west of Azerbaijan has not affected electricity generation and supply to consumers.

“There are no problems in the process of electricity generation and distribution. SC provides electricity supply to customers,” Azerenergy said.

At present, Azerenergy employees are working on inspection and examination of all power facilities located in the northwestern part of the country.

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Armenia’s retail trade in January rises 1.4% from a year earlier

Armenia’s retail trade in January rises 1.4% from a year earlier

Armenia’s retail trade in 2011 January rose by 1.4% from a year earlier, according to the latest numbers, revealed by the CIS Statistical Committee, which said that the average growth among several former Soviet republics was 2.6%.

According to its figures, in terms of retail growth Armenia came in seventh among CIS countries. 

The highest retail growth of 20.6% was reported by Belarus. Ukraine came in second with 11.7% growth. It was followed by Kazakhstan – 11.1%, Azerbaijan- 8.3%, Tajikistan – 5.8%, Moldova – 4.4%, Russia- – 0.5%. Kyrgyzstan posted a 7.2% decline. No data were available on Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

(Via Arka Armenian News Agency)

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