Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — A US$1.5 billion project to produce new polymers and petrochemical products using naphtha from the Uzbekistan GTL plant in Kashkadarya Region is under consideration.
The details were presented at a meeting on the region’s socioeconomic development chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the presidential press service reported.
The project would use 430,000 tonnes of naphtha produced at the plant as feedstock. Uzbekistan GTL has also prepared three major projects with a combined value of US$300 million.
The GTL-related initiatives are among the projects intended to take Kashkadarya’s industrial sector to a new stage of development. Mirziyoyev called for the region’s natural gas, electricity and mineral resources to be turned into sources of income through job creation and the production of higher-value-added goods.
Beyond the GTL projects, plans are being considered to expand the Dehkanabad Potash Plant’s capacity from 365,000 tonnes to 600,000 tonnes. More than 30 project proposals worth US$830 million have also been prepared for the small-scale chemicals sector.
The project manager assigned to the region and other officials have been tasked with preparing a three-year programme covering projects worth US$20 billion and the creation of 50,000 jobs. Industrial development in Kashkadarya will place particular emphasis on building supply and production chains around major enterprises.
Industrial output in Kashkadarya Region increased by 8.4% in the first nine months of the year. The region ranked seventh nationwide in industrial output per capita.
Uzbekistan GTL is located in Kashkadarya Region near the Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev inaugurated the plant in December 2021. It uses gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology to convert natural gas into liquid petroleum products.
The plant has a designed processing capacity of 3.6 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year. Its annual production capacity is 724,000 tonnes of diesel fuel, 307,000 tonnes of aviation kerosene, 437,000 tonnes of naphtha and 53,000 tonnes of liquefied gas.
The plant’s construction cost US$3.42 billion, of which approximately US$2.3 billion was financed through foreign loans backed by state guarantees.
Its creditors include financial institutions from China, South Korea, Russia and other countries. According to information published on the official Uzbekistan GTL website, the plant’s outstanding principal debt stood at US$838.2 million as of 16 June 2026.
