UZBEKISTAN - Independent Export Pipelines.The third priority is for Uzbekistan Uzbekistan ( zbĕkĭstän`), Uzbek Ozbekiston, officially Republic of Uzbekistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,851,000), 173,552 sq mi (449,500 sq km), central Asia. to have export outlets not
dependent on Russia Russia, officially the Russian Federation, Rus. Rossiya, republic (2005 est. pop. 143,420,000), 6,591,100 sq mi (17,070,949 sq km). . Officials from President Islam Islam (ĭsläm`, ĭs`läm), [Arab.,=submission to God], world religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the youngest of the three monotheistic world religions (with Judaism and Christianity). Karimov down have
discussed pipeline options with a number of Western companies, mainly US
firms having a strong lobby in Washington Washington, town, EnglandWashington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. . Under a government plan first adopted in the 1990s but revised in 2000, oil production in Uzbekistan should rise to over 600,000 b/d by 2010. Uzbekistan's consumption of oil has fallen from 230,000 b/d in 1985 to 129,000 b/d now. This is not likely to increase much in the coming years because the country has shifted to gas in a big way, which means exports of crude oil and locally processed petroleum products by 2010 would exceed 400,000 b/d. If an export pipeline bypassing Russia has been completed by then, Uzbekistan's E&P prospects would improve significantly and the oil production capacity may reach 1m b/d or more before 2015. |
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