The troubled Line D of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline could be built on the back of Russia’s market woes in Europe. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 3]
The project, well over a decade in the making, will provide Uzbekistan with synthetic fuels to ease a domestic supply crunch. [Gas in Transition, Volume 2, Issue 1]
Uzbekistan taps Russian financiers for chem plans
Jun 4, 2021 12:45:pm
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by: Joseph Murphy
The developers behind three chemical projects in Uzbekistan signed preliminary agreements on June 4 to obtain financing from Russian lenders.
Jizzakh Petroleum, a joint venture between Uzbekistan's Uzbekneftegaz and Russia's Gazprom, said it had signe...
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Uzbekistan pins hopes on major new gas project
May 27, 2021 1:00:pm
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by: Joseph Murphy
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Uzbekistan pins hopes on major new gas project
Uzbekistan has been a major natural gas producer for many decades. And while some of its largest fields are now past their prime, the country still holds some 1.2 trillion m
3 in proven reserves, according to BP’s latest
Statistical Review of World Energy. The government is eager to capitalise more on this resource, by implementing reforms and attracting more foreign investment to maximise gas recovery.
The Central Asian state produces around 60bn m
3 of gas each year, ranking it as one of the of 20 global gas producers. Around a quarter of this gas is exported, primarily to China, while the rest is consumed domestically. Though Uzbekistan’s basins are mature, new investors continue to enter the country, and a number of new projects are in the pipeline.
Uzbek GTL plant reaches 95% completion
Apr 13, 2021 7:55:am
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Uzbek GTL plant reaches 95% completion
Uzbekistan's first gas-to-liquids (GTL) project has reached 95.3% completion, with its commissioning and launch ceremony now scheduled to take place in the second half of the year, the project's operator reported on April 13.
The $3.6bn project will convert up to 3.6bn m
3/year of natural gas into 1.5mn metric tons/year of kerosene, diesel, naphtha and LPG. The facility had been due to enter commissioning before the end of last year, but construction was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
"When completed, the Uzbekistan GTL will bring Uzbekistan a step closer to achieving energy independence and demonstrate the success of our petrochemical growth strategy which consists of expanding our activities from competitively located feedstock, especially derived from gas, to taking advantage of the growing global demand in plastics and clean fuels," the general director of Uzbekistan GTL, Fakhritdin Abdurasulov, commented.