In line with the tender announcement, the tender proposals will be accepted till 2 December 2012. The project will be implemented within a year. The maximum cost is US$14.35 million.

In line with the tender terms, the winner must implement engineering and equipment supply "on turnkey" for treatment plants with capacity of 16 million cubic meters per year. Implementation of the project is to allow support content in the wastewater of oil in the amount of no more than 1 milligram per liter.

The project will be financed due to own resources of Uzbekneftegaz.

Ferghana Refinery was commissioned in 1959 and currently it produces about 60 types of oil products. The designed processing capacity of the plant is about 5.5 million tonnes of oil a year.

Total capacity of three refineries of Uzbekistan – Bukhara Refinery, Ferghana Refinery and Altyarik Refinery – makes up 11.12 million tonnes.