BP: Energy consumption in Uzbekistan increases to 52.7 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2016

According to the BP’s report, Uzbekistan possesses 1.1 trillion cubic meters of proved natural gas reserves at the end 2016. The share of Uzbekistan in world reserves is 0.6%.

The report said that the volume of proved oil reserves in Uzbekistan and natural gas reserves did not change in 2016 compared to 2015.

BP said that Uzbekistan produced 2.6 million tonnes of oil in 2016, which fell by 3.1% compared to 2015. The company said that in average Uzbekistan produced 55,000 barrels of oil per day in 2016 (-3.1%).

Uzbekistan’s oil consumption grew by 0.7% to 2.8 million tonnes in 2016. Average daily oil consumption made up 59,000 barrels in 2016.

According to the British company, the throughput of oil refineries grew by 11.5% in 2016 compared to 2015 - up to 70,000 barrels a day. The capacity of oil refineries is 232,000 barrels a day.

BP noted that Uzbekistan produced 62.8 billion cubic meters of gas in 2016, which is 8.4% more than in 2015 (57.7 billion cubic meters of gas).

Gas consumption in Uzbekistan made up 51.4 billion cubic meters in 2016, which is 2% more than in 2015 (50.2 billion cubic meters).

Coal reserves in Uzbekistan exceeded 1.37 billion tonnes in 2016, BP said, which is 0.1% of world reserves. Last year, Uzbekistan produced 1.1 million tons of coal, which is 1.8% lower than in 2015. Consumption of coal decreased to 1 million tonnes in 2016, which is 10.1% lower compared to 2015.

The electricity generation capacity in Uzbekistan increased by 1.9% in 2016 compared to 2015 - up to 58.9 terawatt-hours.

The British company noted that energy consumption in Uzbekistan in 2016 increased to 52.7 million tonnes of oil equivalent from 51.7 million tonnes in 2015.

At the same time, Uzbekistan consumed natural gas for 45.2 million tonnes of oil equivalent (45.2 million tonnes in 2015), oil for 2.8 million tonnes (2.7 million tonnes), coal – 1 million tonnes (1.1 million tonnes) and hydropower – 2.7 million tonnes (2.7 million tonnes).

The volume of carbon dioxide emissions in Uzbekistan stood at 117 million tonnes in 2016, which is 1.4% higher than in 2015.