Monday, 23, December, 2024
Monday, 23, December, 2024
Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a Measures To Further Develop Uzbekistan’s Tourism Sector decree introducing 30-day visa-free travel for the citizens of the following 20 countries from January 1, 2020:
A new oil and gas condensate field was discovered in Uzbekistan on August 10 at the Muborak investment block. The field named Bohoriston is being developed by the subsidiary of the American Epsilon Development Company LLC.
Two 230 and 280 MW capacity combined cycle plants are being erected at the Takhiatash TPP, which are due to be commissioned in 2020.
Starting from August 26, UzAuto Motors plants will undergo annual scheduled maintenance, the company said. Car production will be suspended until September 23.
Uzbekkumir (transl. UzbekCoal) accepted the delivery of 15 BELAZ 75131 dump trucks to use in the upper layers of the Angren coalfield. Two working groups, including Belarusian and local experts, were set up to assemble the trucks.
On July 29, the special representative of the Uzbek President for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev held talks with several high-ranking officials in Kabul, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.
Uzbekistan Airways is planning to sell its six aircrafts, of which two Boeing 767s, two Boeing 757s and two passenger to cargo converted Boeing 767s, the company said.
Gold and silver production in Uzbekistan will reach 300 tons in 2021 against 150 tons expected in 2020, as provided for in the Mineral Resource Base Development State Program for 2020-2021, the Ministry of Justice said.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to further improve regulation of production and sale of some items subject to excise tax decree, the Ministry of Justice said.
The construction of the fourth line of the Uzbekistan-China gas pipeline will be sped up, Uzbekneftegaz said. This became known after the talks in Tashkent with the executives of the Chinese CNODC.
As per the Additional measures to boost the development of Uzbekistan’s automotive industry decree signed earlier by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the excise tax on cars manufactured by UzAutoMotors is to be scrapped after October 1, 2019.
The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to boost the development of Uzbekistan’s automotive industry decree.
From mid-June Kazakhstan began exporting electricity to Uzbekistan, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy said in a statement. 145 million kWh were supplied to Uzbekistan As of July 17 as per the electricity sale agreement between the two countries, with more than 1 billion kWh to be supplied to the Uzbek power grid during the year.
On July 16, Uzbekistan Airways began operating regular direct flights to Tbilisi. The ambassador of Uzbekistan to Georgia Sherzod Fayziev and the ambassador of Georgia to Uzbekistan Zurab Abdushelishvili and the head of the Georgian Tourism Authority Mariam Kvrivishvili solemnly greeted the passengers of the first flight at the Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport.
The Prime Ministers of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov and Kazakhstan Askar Mamin opened the Beineu - Akjigit - Uzbek border (to Nukus) international highway. The footage of the opening ceremony was published on the Instagram page of the Kazakh PM.
Uzbekistan intends to hand over to foreign companies some 50 fields with falling oil production rates for furhter development on the basis of risk-service deals.
Uzbekistan is seeking to invest in mega gas pipeline project involving Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Uzbekistan is also seeking to invest in the construction of the pipeline and excavation works in Afghanistan.
Uzbekistan has decided to build another two power units for the nuclear power plant, the minister of energy Alisher Sultanov told Kun.uz.
Industrial gas inflow was obtained at the Aralyq field in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekneftegaz said in a statement. The depth of the exploratory well No. 1 of the new field reaches 3,910 m. The preliminary production of the gas-condensate mixture was at 700-800 thousand cubic meters a day.
On July 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree “On measures for stable provision of the economy and households with energy resources, financial rehabilitation and improvement of the management system of the oil and gas industry.”