Uzbekneftegaz

History of the Oil and Gas Industry

• The beginning of the oil-developing industry in the territory of modern Uzbekistan was laid by D.P. Petrov in 1885 . He organized oil production from two sources (wells), not far from the village of Chimion in the Ferghana Valley . ^{[4] [5]} Beginning in 1900, serious oil production began in this area, and in 1904 gushing oil was released with a depth of over 270 meters ^{[4] [5]}
• In 1906, in the Ferghana Valley, under the guidance of a communications engineer A.N. Kovalevsky was built Vannovsky oil refinery , which consisted of two distillation units, periodic operation. The main products of the plant were lighting kerosene and heating oil . Gasoline production began in 1915-1916 , when the first cars with an internal combustion engine appeared in the Turkestan Territory . ^{[4] [5] [6]} . Oil products were exported to China and Afghanistan by rail and pack way. ^{[4] [5]}
• In 1907, the refinery was bought by the Nobel Brothers Partnership , which began a phased reconstruction of the plant. In 1908, the Chimion-Vannovskaya oil pipeline was commissioned, and a tank farm was built.
• In 1940, a laboratory was equipped at the plant, and the quality of the process improved. Production volumes reached 176 thousand tons of oil products per year. ^{[4] [5] [7] [8]}
• In 1953, the first gas was produced at the Setalan-tepe field in the Kyzyl-Kum desert.
• In 1972, the construction of one of the world's largest Mubarek gas processing plants in the Kashkadarya region was completed. ^{[4] [5]}
• In 1980, a plant was built in Shurtan.

1991 - Present

In 1992, after Uzbekistan gained independence, the presidential decree defined tasks for the oil refining industry, such as “increasing oil and gas production”, “improving technological processes for oil and gas processing”, “increasing hydrocarbon reserves, especially liquid ones”.

• On May 3, in 1992, President I. Karimov signed a decree “On the formation of the Uzbek state oil and gas industry concern“ Uzbekneftegas ”, ^{[9] [10]} and on December 23 of the same year, a presidential decree“ On the transformation of the Uzbek state oil concern and gas industry to the National Corporation of the Oil and Gas Industry Uzbekneftegaz. ^{[4] [5]}
• In December 11, in 1998, the President of Uzbekistan signed a decree “On the transformation of the National Oil and Gas Industry Corporation“ Uzbekneftegaz ”into the National Holding Company“ Uzbekneftegaz. ” ^[11] In the same year, a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 523“ On Organization and the activities of the National Holding Company Uzbekneftegaz ^{[12] [13]} . In 1998, the joint-stock companies Uztransgaz, Uzbekneftemahsulot, Uzneftegazmash were formed. ^{[4] [5]}

Bukhara Oil Refinery

• In 1997, the Bukhara oil refinery began working in conjunction with the companies Teknip (France), Marubeni, JC (Japan). ^[14]

Khojiabad Underground Gas Storage

• In 1999, they began using the Khojabad Underground Gas Storage together with BSI Industries (USA) using Dresser-Rand compressors (USA). ^{[4] [5] [15]}

Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex

• The construction of the Shurtan gas chemical complex was completed in 2001 with the help of ABB Lummus Global (USA), Nisho Iwai (Japan), and ABB Soimi (Italy). ^{[16] [17]}

BCS Shurtan

• The project for the construction of a booster compressor station together with the engineering company Beitman (Israel) at the Shurtan field was completed and put into operation in 2003 ^{[18] [19]}

GNKS Kokdumalak

• The compressor station with units of the Dresser-Rend company (USA) at the Kokdumalak field was built and commissioned in 1997. The implementation of this project was an important step for the republic in the development of the oil and gas sector of the Republic of Uzbekistan. After implementing this project with foreign companies, Kellogg (USA), Nisho Iwai (Japan), work began to attract foreign investment. ^{[20] [21]}

Ferghana Oil Refinery

In 2000, the Ferghana Oil Refinery was reconstructed in order to increase the production of high-quality oil products together with Mitsui (Japan) and Toyo Engineering (Japan). ^{[22] [23]} At FNPZ the smallest salary, therefore there is no need to go there, you will come after reconstruction. .

NHC "Uzbekneftegaz" cooperates with Russian companies "Lukoil", "Gazprom". It is the official sponsor of several universities, such as Inha University in Tashkent, Russian State University of Oil and Gas. I. M. Gubkin in the city of Tashkent. ^[24]

Production Sharing Agreement

• In 2004, Uzbekistan, the Lukoil investor society and Uzbekneftegaz NHC signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) in the Kandym group of fields, at the Khauzak and Shady sites, as well as a large project for the Kungrad section for a period of 35 years. ^{[25] [26]}

Partnership with Gazprom

• At the end of 2002, an agreement was signed between Gazprom and NHC Uzbekneftegaz on strategic cooperation, the purpose of which is to expand cooperation between the companies. ^{[27] [28]}
• The implementation of these projects made it possible for Gazprom to withdraw from the conservation and development of the remaining gas reserves in the Shakhpakhty field, as well as to begin further development of its activities in the oil and gas sector of the Republic of Uzbekistan ^{[4] [29]} , by the agreement “Additional development of the Shakhpakhty field” signed on April 14, 2014 between PSAs between Uzbekneftegaz NHC and a company consisting of Zarubezhneftegaz CJSC, Gazprom OJSC and Gas Project Development Central Asia AG (Switzerland). ^{[30] [31]}

Aral Investor Consortium

• According to the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 30, 2006 “On conducting geological exploration of the Uzbek part of the Aral Sea with the subsequent development of newly discovered hydrocarbon deposits under the terms of the Production Sharing Agreement”, signing the “Production Sharing Agreement for the Uzbek part of the Aral Sea” between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Consortium of Investors consisting of CNPC (China), KNOC (Korea), LUKOILOverseasHolding Ltd (RF), PETRONASCarigaliOverseasSDNBHD (Malaysia) and Uzbekneftegaz NHC, which entered into force on January 30, 2007 Oh yeah. ^{[32] [33]}

Project of the Shurtan Mining and Chemical Combine

The project was aimed at the production of synthetic liquid fuels based on purified methane from the Shurtan Mining and Chemical Combine. The total project cost amounted to $ 3985 million. According to the company, the average annual capacity of the project is 863 thousand tons of diesel fuel, 304 thousand tons of kerosene, 393 thousand tons of naphtha, 11 thousand tons of liquefied gas. ^{[4] [34]} This project is being implemented jointly with Sasol (South Africa) and Petronas (Malaysia) ^{[35] [36]} .

Construction of a gas chemical complex at the Mubare Gas Processing Plant Unit

The cost of this project is estimated at $ 2 billion, and the planned production capacity is 492 thousand polyethylene, 66 thousand tons of gas condensate and 53 thousand tons of pyrobenzene. ^[37] During the visit of Karimov I. A. to China on 19-20, an agreement was signed on the joint implementation of the project for the construction of a gas-chemical complex at the Mubarek Gas Processing Plant.

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