Gazprom Starts Supplying Russian Gas to Uzbekistan
Gazprom PJSC has announced Russia started exporting natural gas to Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan.
The development was marked in a ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin and his counterparts from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Shavkat Mirziyoev, respectively, Gazprom said. Also in attendance were Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee; Almasadam Satkaliyev, minister of energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan; and Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov, minister of energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, according to Gazprom.
The transport of Russian gas to Uzbekistan happens via a dedicated route that uses the Central Asia-Center gas trunkline system. To enable the export, the Central Asia-Center 4 and Central Asia-Center 5 gas pipelines have been employed in Kazakhstan, Gazprom said.
Specialists from the national gas companies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, with support from Gazprom counterparts, performed diagnostics and repair and restoration works at the relevant gas transmission facilities and built new gas infrastructure, according to Gazprom. In Russia, Gazprom said it has carried out a technical upgrade for a gas metering station located near the state border in the Saratov Region, in the vicinity of the Alexandrov Gay compressor station.
As a result of the extensive joint work performed, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan's gas transmission systems have been modernized, strengthening the energy security in the region, Gazprom said. The project ensures natural gas supplies to Uzbekistan in the autumn/winter period, it said.
“As soon as the contracts for the supply and transit of gas were signed in the middle of June this year, we commenced intensive work. Repair and restoration activities, technical upgrade, reconstruction and new construction works were performed at the section of 1,760 kilometers [1,093.61 miles] in length in the territory of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Those works were completed within the shortest possible time, in just 3.5 months,” Alexey Miller said.
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