Uzbekistan GTL (Oltin Yo'l GTL) is a

gas-to-liquids Gas to liquids (GTL) is a refinery process to convert natural gas or other gaseous hydrocarbons into longer-chain hydrocarbons, such as gasoline or diesel fuel. Methane-rich gases are converted into liquid synthetic fuels. Two general strategies ex ...

(GTL) plant in the

Qashqadaryo Region Qashqadaryo Region ( uz, Qashqadaryo viloyati, Қашқадарё вилояти, قەشقەدەريا ۋىلايەتى; old spelling ''Kashkadarya Region'', russian: Кашкадарьинская область) is one of the regions of Uzbekist ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

History

Construction of a GTL plant in Uzbekistan was discussed between

Uzbekneftegaz The national holding company Uzbekneftegaz ( uz, "Oʻzbekneftegaz" MXK, russian: НХК "Узбекнефтегаз") is a state-owned holding company of Uzbekistan's oil and gas industry. History Uzbekneftegaz was established on May 3, 1992. In ...

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 Sasol Limited is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Sandton, South Africa. The company was formed in 1950 in Sasolburg, South Africa and built on processes that were first developed by German chemists and engineers in the early ...

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 S.A. was a company that carried out project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry; in 2017 it completed a merger with FMC Technologies to form TechnipFMC. Its headquarters were in the 16th arrondissement of ...

. Technip also conducted the front end engineering design. Work commenced after the 2016 Uzbekistan election.

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 Diesel may refer to: * Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression * Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines * Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...

kerosene Kerosene, paraffin, or lamp oil is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in aviation as well as households. Its name derives from el, κηρός (''keros'') meaning "wax", and was regi ...

naphtha Naphtha ( or ) is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture. Mixtures labelled ''naphtha'' have been produced from natural gas condensates, petroleum distillates, and the distillation of coal tar and peat. In different industries and regions ' ...

and liquefied petroleum gas. The project is expected to cost US$5.6 billion. It is scheduled to be commissioned in 2021.

Ownership

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

References

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