Sasol - Petronas Joint Feasibility Study on Uzbekistan GTL

Sasol is in the stage of doing feasibility study with Petronas for a Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) proposition in Uzbekistan. The two giants, Sasol which is the biggest producer of motor fuels from coal and Petronas, one of the seven sisters will be doing the study overseen by a joint-venture company.

The GTL plant which will be using Sasol's technology is rumoured to produce 1.3 million tonnes of fuel components including diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gass similar to Sasol's GTL plant in Qatar.

$1.8 Billion Gas Deal Between KOGAS and Uzbekneftegaz

Korea Gas (KOGAS) consortium is signing a massive $1.8 Billion investment on gas deal to develop gas field and downstream of a cracker complex via a joint venture of 50:50 with Uzbekistan’s Uzbekneftegaz. Uzbekneftegaz is the state-oil company of Uzbekistan and the plan is to process the natural gas from Uzbekistan's Ust-Yurt region. Construction is expected to complete between 2008 and 2010.

The downstream chemical cracker complex will use the Ust-Yurt gas as feedstock for production of ethylene, 360,000 tonnes/year of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and 80,000 tonnes/year of polypropylene (PP), the official added.