Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The plan for pumping Russian oil through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan in 2023 has been reduced by 70,000 tons. It was originally planned that Tashkent would receive 250,000 tons of oil from the Russian Federation. This was reported by the Oil and Gas Information Agency.

In the first half of the year, 48.5 thousand tons of Russian oil were transported to Uzbekistan. In the second half of the year, it is planned to transport 131.5 thousand tons of oil.

The pumping of Russian oil through the territory of Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan began in 2017. In 2017, the volume of transit amounted to 67.9 thousand tons, in 2018 - 36 thousand tons. In 2019-2022, oil transit was not carried out, Interfax clarifies.

In December 2022, the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan agreed with the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan on the transit of Russian oil in 2023. Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Jamshid Khodjaev and head of Rosneft Igor Sechin discussed the possibility of increasing the supply of petroleum products to the republic as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum this summer.

Earlier it was reported that Uzbekneftegaz and Petronas Charigali (Turkmenistan) will prepare a program for the supply of Turkmen oil to Uzbekistan in 2023.