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Economy 13/05/2010 LUKOIL begins construction on US$1bn south-west gissar project
LUKOIL begins construction on US$1bn south-west gissar project
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- LUKOIL Uzbekistan Operating started work on gas-field construction at the Southern-Western Gissar field with the cost of US$1 billion, LUKOIL Overseas Holding Ltd. President Andrey Kuzyaev said during the Oil Gaz Uzbekistan 2010 (OGU) conference in Tashkent.

The OGU conference is organized by the international exhibition company ITE Uzbekistan, member of UFI, and its partners I.T.E. Exhibitions & Conference Ltd. (UK), ITE Moscow, GIMA (Germany) and ITE China. Uzbekneftegaz national holding company supported the project.

Kuzyaev said LUKOIL has signed a contract with Toyo Engineering, which will design the site and supply technical equipment.

LUKOIL plans to build a gas drying and gas condensate separation facility. The main unit in the enterprise will be a 4.2 billion cubic meters of gas preliminary gas preparation unit, PRIME-TASS reports.

Kuzyaev said ethane found in gas condensate in South-West Gissar fields will be sent to the Shurtanskiy gas chemical complex.

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