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for the production of products such as alkyl
benzene, butene and hexene, synthetic
oils, maleic anhydride, emulsion additives,
catalysts. Such semi-finished products are
widely used in the chemical industry, the
production of household chemicals, furniture,
building materials and electrical engineering,
the textile and leather industries.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
“Uzbekistan GTL” - Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that we have big
plans in this industry. In the future, the
a giant plant in the middle of the steppe demand for products manufactured here
will only grow. The world is moving to a
green economy. That is why we must use new
geophysical equipment and deepen geological
On 25 December 2021 «Uzbekistan GTL» including Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Japan, research.
plant was opened in Kashkadarya region of South Korea, Singapore, USA, Russia and
Uzbekistan. China. Received 140 international licenses and The giant plant requires a lot of energy. In this
patents for the use of technological solutions, regard, the enterprise is self-sufficient. 650
Just a few years ago there was a bare steppe equipment and processes. Most of them have million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year
here. In a short time, a gigantic plant, a no analogues in the world. will be generated from the steam generated by President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
chemical cluster appeared on this site. This the plant’s operation. Thanks to this, the plant Shavkat Mirziyoyev
complex marks a new stage in the development The plant is capable of processing 3.6 billion provides itself with electricity, and can also
of domestic industry. Its construction was cubic meters of natural gas per year and supply electricity to the Shurtan Gas Chemical
under the constant attention of the head of producing 307 thousand tons of aviation Complex and another new enterprise. The
Uzbekistan. The President came here and got kerosene, 724 thousand tons of diesel fuel, 437 saved electricity will be used to supply houses
acquainted with the progress of work in 2017 thousand tons of naphtha, 53 thousand tons of and businesses.
and 2018. The construction, which did not liquefied gas. There is an opportunity to work
stop even during the pandemic. in five different modes: the plant is able to The head of state visited the control room
adaptively increase the volume of production of the plant, from where the production and
The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of those products for which more orders have its safety are controlled and monitored. The
Shavkat Mirziyoyev participated in grand been received. center employs young people trained by the
opening of the plant and walked around American corporation Honeywell.
the complex to get acquainted with the As for the economic effect, the plant will
technological process. convert natural gas into finished products “I am very glad to see that you, having
in high demand on the world market, the mastered modern knowledge, having studied
The plant is unique both in terms of investment cost of which is 3 times higher. In particular, foreign languages, gaining experience abroad,
and scale. Its cost is $3 billion 420 million, aviation kerosene, which will be produced are working at such an enterprise,” the
the area of facilities is 135 hectares. The fact here, is much cleaner and of a higher quality President said in an interview with them. -
that more than 13 thousand engineers and in comparison with the products of other Your knowledge is your wealth.
workers were simultaneously involved in the factories and is intended for the most modern $290 million to $1.8 billion in 2025, or will
construction shows how much work has been aircraft. Diesel fuel also meets high standards A new enterprise worth $1 billion 800 million increase 6 times.
done. - not less than Euro-6. will be built next to the Uzbekistan GTL plant.
By processing 430 thousand tons of naphtha The enterprises of the cluster from raw
Prior to that, such large complexes were built According to the estimates of the International per year, 380 thousand tons of polyethylene materials worth $1 will produce finished
in only four countries of the world - Qatar, Energy Agency, the production of GTL and polypropylene will be produced. About a products with high added value - $10.
Nigeria, South Africa and Malaysia. products in the world will double by 2030. thousand more jobs will be created.
Therefore, it is planned to increase the output In Uzbekistan, it is planned to create 5 more
More than 10 thousand pieces of equipment of other new types of products with higher Thus, the country’s first gas chemical cluster chemical-technological clusters in Tashkent,
are installed at the plant, produced by about added value. In particular, the plant will will appear in Shurtan. Production volumes in Navoi, Fergana, Bukhara regions and in
130 leading enterprises in 24 countries, implement 6 projects worth $620 million this cluster will be increased from the current Ustyurt.

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