TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, October 30. Uzbekistan has adopted news guidelines for the supply of natural gas to greenhouses for the fall-winter season of 2023-2024, Trend reports.
Under the new guidelines, natural gas will be supplied to greenhouses, subject to the following requirements:
The greenhouse's natural gas meters are connected to an automated natural gas monitoring and metering system, and data on natural gas consumption is transmitted online.
repayment of greenhouse accounts receivable arising for natural gas, as well as advance payment for gas
availability of a sufficient number of alternative reserves in the greenhouse in case of emergencies in the gas supply system
In addition, agreements will be concluded between Uzbekistan’s Hududgaztaminot gas company, the Council of Ministers of Uzbekistan’s region of Karakalpakstan, and owners of greenhouse farms, as well as administrations of the country’s capital of Tashkent and other regions. The agreements will specify the volumes of natural gas supplied to each greenhouse based on its needs.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan has produced 35.1 billion cubic meters of gas from January through September 2023.
As per Uzbekistan’s State Statistics Committee, the decline in natural gas production accelerated, as the recorded number reflects an 11.43 percent, or 3.6 billion cubic meters, decrease compared to the same period last year.
Moreover, on October 7, 2023, Russian gas supply to Uzbekistan was launched via Kazakhstan. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that the launch of this gas transportation corridor is of strategic importance.
Gazprom also signed an agreement with Kazakhstan’s QazaqGaz to provide services for the transportation of Russian natural gas through Kazakhstan for consumers in Uzbekistan.
The two-year agreement assumes a supply volume of 9 million cubic meters per day, or almost 2.8 billion cubic meters per year.