TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, May 29. Uzbekistan produced natural gas in the amount of 46.7 billion cubic meters and gas condensate in the amount of 1.1 million tons in 2023, Trend reports.
The volume of natural gas produced fell by 9.5 percent on an annual basis in 2022, according to statistics from Uzbekistan's Statistics Agency (51.6 billion cubic meters).
The gas condensate production in Uzbekistan declined by 8.3 percent year-on-year (1.2 million tons in 2022).
Uzbekistan’s natural gas production peaked in January 2023 with a volume of 4.3 billion cubic meters, while the lowest volume was recorded in May with 3.6 billion cubic meters.
At the same time, the largest volume of gas condensate production was recorded in March (110,000 tons), and the lowest volume – in May (87,700 tons).
The table below shows the dynamics of monthly gas production in Uzbekistan in 2023:
|
Month |
Volume of natural gas (billion cubic meters) |
Volume of gas condensate (tons) |
|
January |
4.3 billion cubic meters |
109,400 tons |
|
February |
3.8 billion cubic meters |
100,100 tons |
|
March |
4.2 billion cubic meters |
110,000 tons |
|
April |
3.9 billion cubic meters |
103,600 tons |
|
May |
3.6 billion cubic meters |
87,700 tons |
|
June |
3.7 billion cubic meters |
97,600 tons |
|
July |
3.9 billion cubic meters |
99,100 tons |
|
August |
3.9 billion cubic meters |
98,400 tons |
|
September |
3.8 billion cubic meters |
96,800 tons |
|
October |
3.8 billion cubic meters |
91,200 tons |
|
November |
3.8 billion cubic meters |
96,100 tons |
|
December |
4 billion cubic meters |
100,000 tons |
Meanwhile, the volume of natural gas production in Uzbekistan amounted to 15.2 billion cubic meters from January through April 2024. This figure represents a decrease of 6.1 percent year-on-year (16.2 billion cubic meters in January–April 2023).
At the same time, the volume of produced gas condensate reached 432,700 tons from January through April 2024. This indicator is 2.2 percent higher than the same period last year (423,100 tons in January–April 2023).