Uzneftegazinspeksiya identifies cases of gas theft worth more than 7 billion soums

On December 2-9, Uzneftegazinspeksiya, jointly with specialists of Khududgaztaminot JSC and Uzstandart agency metrologists, conducted regular inspections, during which illegal use of natural gas was discovered.

According to preliminary estimates, the damage to the gas supply organization is 7.4 billion soums, the Ministry of Energy said.
 
During the inspection of the enterprise RUN TONG METAL INDUSTRIAL LLC, located in the Ohangaran district (Tashkent region) and Lyux granit LLC in Angren, third-party interference with the installed gas meter was detected – the configurations in the gas meter were underestimated, therefore, the gas meter did not store the readings of the natural gas used by the enterprise in full.

In addition, the metering devices were disconnected from the power supply for several days, so the readings of the used natural gas were not recorded on those days.

According to the technical conditions issued by the Toshkentgaz territorial branch, the total hourly natural gas consumption at the RUN TONG METAL INDUSTRIAL LLC is 3600 cubic meters. Preliminary estimates state that the volume of illegally used natural gas in 30 days amounted to 2 million 592 thousand cubic meters, which is worth 1.7 billion soums.

At the same time, the technical conditions say that the total hourly natural gas consumption of the ceramic production workshop of Lyux granit LLC is 1683.4 cubic meters. According to preliminary estimates, the volume of illegally used natural gas in 45 days amounted to 3 million 156 thousand cubic meters, which is worth 3.1 billion soums.

Theft was also discovered at another gas-filling gas station owned by the Angren Oil Business enterprise, which allowed external influences to the gas meter. 

According to preliminary estimates, the volume of illegally used natural gas in 53 days amounted to 1 million 272,000 cubic meters - worth around 1.2 billion soums.