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Oil exports from Belarus poisoning of Russian opposition leader contractual obligations and Tajikistan’s
Alexei Navalny.
needs.
down 42% in 1H20 said on Tuesday that the Kremlin sees no autocrat Islam Karimov cut off gas supplies
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov
When in 2012 Uzbekistan under late
Oil exports from Belarus were down by reason to start discussing any restrictions on to Tajikistan, Tajik industrial plants had
42.6%, according to Belstat, it was reported on the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project. to transition from natural gas to coal for
September 8. "This is a commercial international project heating and other needs. Over 200 Tajik
In January-June 2020, Belarus exported … Why should they discuss any measures plants currently either rely on coal for
3.01mn tonnes of oil products, which is two with a negative impact on the international energy or produce synthetic gas out of coal.
fifths less than a year earlier, Belstat said. project where German companies participate
In value terms, the export of oil products as well… It is unreasonable and there are no
for the first half of the year fell by 63.3% grounds to start speaking about this now," Uzbekistan announces
to $979.3mn. The average export price in Peskov said.
January-June was $325.04 per tonne, which The Nord Stream-2 project envisages completion of $58mn
is 36.1% less than the average price in the construction of two lines of a natural gas
first half of 2019. pipeline with an annual capacity of up project to expand Mubarek
Supplies to Ukraine amounted to to 55 billion cubic meters, running from
1.28mn tonnes, a decrease of 10.7%, worth the Russian shore to Germany under the Gas Processing Plant
$509.4mn, a decrease of 41.8% year on year. Baltic Sea. Russian gas giant Gazprom is
Supplies to EU countries were 457,600 implementing the project together with Uzbekistan has announced the completion of
tonnes, a decrease 59%, worth $131.8mn, a Germany’s E.ON and BASF, Royal Dutch construction of its $58.25mn Propane-Butane
decrease of 75.7%. Shell, OMV, and France’s Engie. The length of Mixture Production Unit (UPPBS) at Mubarek
According to statistics, supplies of oil the pipeline’s route exceeds 1,200 km. Gas Processing Plant.
products from Belarus to the UK in January- The construction was carried out on
June 2020 amounted to 1.04mn tonnes, schedule. The new plant will increase
a decrease of 59.1%, worth $249.8mn, a production of liquefied hydrocarbon
decrease of 78.8% y/y. CENTRAL ASIA & SOUTH gas in the country. The project is part of
The export of oil produced in Belarus in Uzbekistan’s efforts to diversify its energy
the first half of the year declined by 38% to CAUCASUS mix and meet growing domestic and
365,000 tonnes and in value terms it plunged commercial energy demands. The project’s
by 69.3% to $82.09mn. Uzbekistan says news end marks the addition of a fourth UPPBS
In 2019, the export of petroleum products to the plant, capable of processing up to 3bn
from Belarus decreased by 11.7% to 10.52mn online about it halting gas cubic metres of gas and producing 38,400
tonnes of oil products after a decrease of tonnes of liquefied gas per annum.
3.1% in 2018 to 11.93mn tonnes. supplies to Tajikistan is thanks to funding from the state-run oil
The three-year project was carried out
false and gas firm Uzbekneftegaz with a payback
Merkel says EU to make Uzbekistan has said that news circulating period of six years, spanning 2021-2026.
“Work on the new and fourth Propane-
joint decision on N online about it halting gas supplies to Tajikistan Butane Mixture Production Unit at the
Mubarek Gas Processing Plant began three
is false, state-run news agency UzDaily
Stream-2 reported. years ago and despite the impact of the
pandemic in recent months was completed
The main importer of Uzbek gas in
The decision on Russia's Nord Stream-2 Tajikistan is the Tajik Aluminum Company on schedule. It is a great triumph over
gas pipeline project will be made by entire (TALCO), which consumes approximately adversity,” Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan
Europe rather than Germany alone, German 80% of the total gas supplied by the Alisher Sultanov said
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday at neighbouring country. The gas is delivered “The ongoing commissioning of new
a meeting of the Christian Democratic Union via the Muzrabad-Dushanbe pipeline with industrial facilities in the oil and gas sector
/ Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) faction a capacity of 125,000 cubic metres per will increase efficiency in the sector and
in parliament, as cited by newswire dpa. hour. Uzbekistan resumed its gas exports introduce energy saving technology and
She said that since "(there has been no) to Tajikistan in 2018, after a six-year-long reduce our impact on the environment,” he
assault on Germany, Germany must act as a break. added.
country member of the EU." The press service of Uzbekistan’s
U.S. President Donald Trump said late Ministry of Energy has commented that
on Monday that he will support suspension gas supplies from Uzbekistan to Tajikistan
of Nord Stream-2 due to the suspected are being carried out in accordance with

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