Kazakhstan's QazaqGaz gas transport company has announced that the transit of Russian gas to Uzbekistan is expected to reach 6 billion cubic meters in 2025. This figure will amount to 5.6 billion cubic meters in 2024, reports «Kazinform».
Gas transit from Russia to Uzbekistan began in 2023. The "Central Asia – Center" gas pipeline is being used for this process.
According to the data provided by «Intergaz Central Asia», repair works have been carried out on this pipeline, and 6,000 out of over 10,000 identified defects have been fixed. Currently, 178 million cubic meters of gas are being delivered daily to Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan.
In the future, it is planned to increase this transit volume to 11 billion cubic meters per year. «Intergaz Central Asia» noted that infrastructure is being prepared in accordance with the increasing gas transit volumes.
By the beginning of October 2023, Uzbekistan had imported gas worth a total of 932.3 million dollars from abroad. This is 29.7% less compared to the previous year.
Additionally, the country increased its gas exports to 546.2 million cubic meters, with an annual growth rate of 15.4%.
