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Naftogaz can purchase enough gas

for Ukraine

UKRAINE NAFTOGAZ, Ukraine’s state-owned gas com- reported.
pany, can afford to purchase enough gas for the With temperatures dropping and Russia
Canada, Norway and war-torn country after receiving several financial targeting Ukraine’s energy and gas-producing
the EU have also injections, Ukraine Business News reported on facilities, Ukraine urgently needs investment
provided funding November 23. in its energy sector. Currently, Ukraine has
recently. Canada previously provided funding that accumulated 14.6bn cubic metres of gas, which
allowed the Ukrainian government to transfer Sergiy Makogon, CEO of Gas Transmission Sys-
UAH12.7bn ($344mn) to Naftogaz for gas pur- tem Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU), believes is
chases this winter. Norway also provided Nafto- enough to survive a mild winter. However, this
gaz with a NOK2bn ($195mn) grant, whilst the is well below the original goal of 19 bcm of gas.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Devel- With Russia increasing attacks on Ukraine’s
opment (EBRD) pledged €300mn. energy infrastructure, particularly nuclear
"The government approved the procedure for power plants (NPPs), the country needs to mix
the use of state budget funds for the procurement gas and coal to make up for the energy short-
of natural gas in 2022-2023. We are talking about fall. Ukraine has 1.5mn tonnes of coal in its
UAH12.7bn that Ukraine previously received warehouses and Maksym Timchenko, CEO of
from the Government of Canada. We transfer it DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private investor in the
to Naftogaz to purchase "blue fuel" in our natural energy sector, said last month that the country
gas storage facilities. This is an extremely impor- needs 2-2.5 bcm of gas.
tant part of preparing to go through this difficult “Mixing coal and gas allows us to have
winter steadily," Prime Minister Denys Shmy- enough generational capacity for the winter sea-
hal said at a government meeting, Ukranews son,” Timchenko stated. ™

PROJECTS & COMPANIES

Enter lands EPC deal for Uzbek

methanol-to-olefins complex

UZBEKISTAN UZBEK engineering group Enter Engineering Wood Group (UK), Topsoe (Denmark), Koch
has landed an engineering, procurement and Industries (US), Chemtex Global Corp. (US),
The project is one construction (EPC) contract for Uzbekistan’s Scientific Design (US), Versalis (Italy), Sino-
of several aimed at methanol-to-olefin (MTL) gas chemical com- pec (China) and Grace Catalysts Technologies
maximising value from plex project, the company reported this week. (US).
Uzbekistan’s natural The complex will be on the main facilities at At full capacity, the MTO will produce
gas resources. a newly created free economic zone in Karakul 730,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of olefins, satis-
in the Bukhara region. Its owner is Sanoat Ener- fying domestic demand. Its products include
getika Guruhi, Uzbekistan’s largest private oil polypropylene, low-density polyethylene, ethyl-
and gas producer. Enter’s contract, worth $3bn, ene vinyl acetate and polyethylene terephthalate.
covers the design and construction of the facil- The last three will be produced in the country for
ity and the purchase of equipment. The project’s the first time.
completion is anticipated in late 2025. Uzbekistan is advancing a number of down-
Enter has worked on several other key oil and stream projects in order to add value to its oil and
gas projects in Uzbekistan, including the Uzbeki- gas resources, primarily to substitute imports of
stan gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, the Kandym gas fuels and petrochemical products. Uzbekistan
processing complex and a fuel filling facility in currently exports gas, but plans to cease overseas
Tashkent. supplies by the middle of the decade, using that
The MTO project involves a number of gas instead domestically, as an industrial feed-
international companies as well, including John stock and as a source of power. ™

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