Russia will supply gas to Uzbekistan, which has signed a two-year contract to export 2.8 billion cubic meters of fuel per year. In this respect reported On the Telegram channel of the Uzbek Ministry of Energy.
The agreement for a two-year period was signed at SPIEF on June 16 by representatives of Gazprom Export, UzGastrade and the Uzbek Ministry of Energy, but officials have only now revealed the details. They also adopted a roadmap to prepare Uzbekistan’s gas transport system to receive gas. At the same time, Tashkent did not disclose the amount of the contract, but noted that it was “decided on current prices in our republic, as well as market prices in the region.
The ministry added that in accordance with the roadmap, Russian gas is now supplied to Uzbekistan under the reverse regime. At the same time, it had previously traveled through the Central Asia-Central gas pipeline from Kazakhstan.
Following the meeting of Russian company chairman Alexei Miller with Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev and Uzbekistan Energy Minister Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov, the holding’s message dated 17 June specifiedGazprom may start supplying gas to Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan from the fourth quarter of 2023.
Prior to that, Kommersant had written that Gazprom could start transporting gas in transit to Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan using the Central Asia-Central pipeline. The roadmap signed between Uzbekistan and Gazprom on January 24 allows gas from Russia to pass through the Central Asia-Central natural gas pipeline passing through the territories of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Source: Gazeta
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