BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 3
By Ilkin Seyfaddini - Trend:
Construction of Uzbekistan's first GTL (gas-to-liquids) plant in Kashkadarya region is completed by 90 percent, Trend reports with reference to the country's Ministry of Energy.
Upon reaching full design capacity, the plant will process 3.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas (methane) per year and produce 1.5 million tons of high-quality synthetic liquid fuels, including more than 307,000 tons of jet fuel, 724,000 tons of diesel fuel, 437,000 tons of naphtha and 53,000 tons of liquefied gas.
Uzbekistan GTL, with a total value of more than $3.61 billion, will be one of the most innovative manufacturing enterprises in the region, which will allow expanding the capacity for deep processing of natural gas, reducing the import of hydrocarbons, meet the country's needs for modern, high-quality and environmentally friendly fuel, as well as provide the market with strategic products manufactured from its own raw materials.
Today, due to the registration of cases of coronavirus infection at the construction site, the number of workers was temporarily reduced from 11,000 to 2,000.
It is planned to complete the construction of Uzbekistan GTL plant by the end of 2020, and at the moment, a number of technological units of the plant have already started pre-commissioning works.
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