VOL. XLV

No 12

25-March-2002

CASPIAN

Georgia Signs HostGovernment Agreement With Shah DenizPartners

Georgia signed a Host Government Agreement (HGA) with the partnersin Azerbaijans Shah Deniz consortium in Tbilisi on 14 March. The agreement represents a further steptowards the construction of the South Caucasus Pipeline system, a natural gaspipeline that will run some 700km from Azerbaijans offshore Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian through Georgia to theTurkish border and then through a...