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Uzbekistan commissions $3.9bn

gas-to-liquids plant

UZBEKISTAN UZBEKISTAN has officially opened a $3.6bn “Our main goals are to expand Uzbekistan’s
state-of-the-art gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant. capacity for the deep processing of domestic nat-
The $3.9bn project has Located in Kashkadarya region, the ural gas; significantly decrease imports of hydro-
been many years in the UzGTL facility is billed as one of the largest carbons; satisfy local demand for high-quality
making. and most advanced plants of its kind in the and environmentally friendly fuel; and provide
world. the market with strategic value-added prod-
The installation converts natural gas into liq- ucts made from our own raw materials,” noted
uid fuels and products, with import substitution Energy Minister Alisher Sultanov.
potential estimated at over $1bn annually. The project, designed using modern gas and
When fully operational, UzGTL is to produce petrochemical technologies from companies
over 1.5mn tonnes of high-quality, synthetic liq- including Sasol (South Africa), Haldor Top-
uid fuel annually, under the brand name Oltin soe (Denmark) and Chevron (US), was imple-
Yo’l GTL (“Golden Way”). mented by a consortium including Korean
“With the launch of the plant, 1,300 special- companies Hyundai Engineering and Hyundai
ists will be provided with permanent high-pay- Engineering & Construction, and Uzbekistan’s
ing jobs. It is especially pleasing that about 80 Enter Engineering.
percent of the specialists who participated in the Besides producing cleaner fuels including
construction of the plant are our local people, synthetic kerosene, diesel, aviation jet fuel and
including young people who are striving to work liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the transport
in a new way, full of strength and energy. These and aviation sectors, the plant will also supply
youth are the youth of New Uzbekistan,” said synthetic naphtha to the Shurtan Gas Chemical
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev as he addressed Complex, which will be expanded in the near
the opening ceremony of the plant, held on future. The creation of a local petrochemical
December 25. cluster will make it possible to produce an addi-
“Uzbekistan GTL is a testament to a truly tional line of products and organise waste-free
international effort and a great example of our production with maximum local processing,
commitment to build a new Uzbekistan with a officials said.
cleaner environment and self-reliant economy, Full operational capacity is expected in the
a country our children would be happy to live in. first half of 2022. ™

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