BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, October 21. Kyrgyzstan's natural gas consumption reached 303 million cubic meters as of October 1, 2024, an increase of 55.9 million cubic meters compared to the same period in 2023, Trend reports via the Ministry of Energy.
According to the ministry, for 2024, the projected gas import is set at 500 million cubic meters. The country’s gas supply rate rose from 38 percent in 2023 to 40 percent in the first half of 2024, with 402,000 subscribers currently connected to gas services.
To enhance gas supply, plans are underway to provide gas to five residential areas, including Novopavlovka, Bakay-Ata, Novopokrovka, and Tokoldosh. By October 1, 2024, four districts had been successfully supplied with gas, adding 13,454 new subscribers.
Additionally, a project for subsidized financing of gas supply in Bishkek and the Chuy region has been approved. As of October 1, 2024, 167 subscribers have connected to natural gas under this initiative. The total amount allocated for these connections so far is 19.4 million soms (approximately $226,900). This initiative is part of a broader project estimated at 1 billion soms ($11.6 million), featuring an 8 percent interest rate over a maximum period of 24 months.
Earlier this week, Kyrgyzstan's Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Akylbek Japarov, announced that Russian Gazprom has invested approximately $374 million to upgrade the country’s gas infrastructure. Gazprom Kyrgyzstan, a 100 percent subsidiary of Gazprom, oversees the nation’s gas transportation and distribution systems, focusing on supply, distribution, and the expansion of gas pipeline networks and storage facilities.