Uzbekistan GTL


Uzbekistan GTL is a planned gas-to-liquids project based in southern Uzbekistan.
It is expected to be the 3-rd biggest GTL-factory in the world.

History

Construction of a GTL plant in Uzbekistan was discussed between Uzbekneftegaz and Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company in March 2008. However, in April 2009 Uzbekneftegaz signed a heads of agreement for the GTL project with Sasol and Petronas. On 15 July 2009, Sasol, Petronas, and Uzbekneftegaz signed an agreement to establish a joint venture for developing the GTL project. The detailed feasibility study was conducted by Technip. Technip will also conduct the front end engineering design.
Work commenced after the 2016 Uzbekistan election. The estimated cost of the project increased to US$5.6 billion. As of April 2018 the project was 30% complete and expected to be finished by the end of 2019, according to Uzbekistan 24 National news' channel.

Technical features

The plant will use the Sasol's slurry phase distillate process. The annual capacity of the plant would be 1.3 million tonnes of petroleum products such as diesel, kerosene, naphtha and liquefied petroleum gas. The project is expected to cost US$2.5 billion.

Ownership

The project is jointly developed by Sasol, Petronas, and Uzbekneftegaz. Each partner will have an equal share in the joint venture.