Uzbekistan plans to produce 61 billion cubic meters of gas in 2018

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan plans to produce 61 billion cubic meters of gas in 2018, which is 5.2 billion cubic meters more compared to 2017, according to data of Uzbekneftegaz.

It is expected to process about 3 million tons of crude oil with the production of petroleum products for all sectors of the economy.

Since the beginning of the Program (for 2017 and 10 months of 2018), as a result of the exploration work, 10 new oil and gas fields have been discovered, from which industrial hydrocarbon inflows are obtained.

These are two fields in the Ustyurt region (gas condensate - Beskala and Kuyi Surgil); 7 fields in the Bukhara-Khiva region (gas condensate - Shortak, Marvarid, Topichaksay, Chordarbaza, Andakli, Tumaris, Janubiy Kulbeshkak) and one in the Ferghana region (oil and gas condensate - Uchtepa).