Tashkent, 8 August 2022 – Uzbekistan GTL and its parent company Uzbekneftegaz (UNG) are pleased to announce that their gas processing facility has been selected as a top three candidate for an industry award for excellence by a leading technical Hydrocarbon Processing publication, based in Houston, USA. The plant has been nominated in the category Best Gas Processing/LNG Technology and voted on by the esteemed HP Awards’ Advisory Board. 

UNG Chairman of the board, Mehriddin Abdullaev said: “It is an honour for all of us at UNG that our Uzbekistan GTL facility has been shortlisted for this award.  This demonstrates that our efforts to ensure sustainability of our business and organisational activities are being recognised internationally. This is very inspiring. I would like to thank my fellow colleagues, partners and all who worked very hard to make this recognition possible.”

Uzbekistan GTL CEO, Fakhritdin Abdurasulov said: “This is a very proud moment for Uzbekistan GTL and our team of 1,000 experts, engineers and all those who contributed to bringing this magnificent modern facility online in Uzbekistan. To win this award would mean so much to the international team of specialists who worked on this project with tireless dedication.”

The winners of this year's awards will be announced on October 12, 2022, at an in-person event in Houston.

Uzbekistan GTL plant is one of the largest and most advanced plants of its kind in the world. The project aims to significantly expand Uzbekistan’s capacity for deep processing of natural gas and drastically reduce imports of hydrocarbon raw materials.

The plant is projected to process 3.6bn cubic meters of gas at full capacity. The gas, which consists of over 98% methane, comes from the Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex (SGCC) located next to Uzbekistan GTL. The facility already produces GTL kerosene, GTL diesel fuel, GTL naphtha and LPG.