The task was set to ensure the supply of 32 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the second half of the year, as well as the stable operation of the gas supply system, especially in the autumn-winter period. Instructions were given to accelerate geological exploration and expand the mineral resource base.
On August 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on the issues of a stable supply of consumers with oil and gas.
According to the presidential press service, during the meeting, the results of the work done in the first half of the year on the extraction of natural and production of liquefied gas were critically considered. The reports of the heads of the Energy Ministry, the joint-stock companies Uzbekneftegaz, Uztransgaz and Khududgaztaminot were heard.
The President gave the responsible persons of the sphere specific instructions on supplying the sectors of the economy and the population with natural gas, liquefied gas and oil products in the required volume, giving priority to household consumers.
In particular, the task was set to ensure the supply of 32 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the second half of the year, as well as the stable operation of the gas supply system, especially in the autumn-winter period. The need to determine specific measures in the context of each field, to ensure an uninterrupted supply of gas to consumers and to effectively use the potential of foreign and joint ventures, was noted.
Instructions were given to attract, on a competitive basis, experienced contractors to geological and technical activities and investors to develop unused deposits.
Given the pace of economic growth and the launch of new gas chemical projects, demand for natural gas is expected to increase by 30 percent over the next 5 years.
Mirziyoyev emphasized that today it is necessary to develop specific plans for the formation of sources of natural gas resources to meet this need and the digitalization of the energy sector.
For this, instructions were given to accelerate geological exploration and expand the mineral resource base.
