The Sangruntau oil shale deposit is an oil-shale deposit in Navoi Region, Uzbekistan. The reserves are estimated to reach up to 47 billion metric tons.[1][2][3]
History
editIn 2010, Uzbekneftegaz started a process to develop the deposit.[1] The first stage of the plan was to build two Galoter-type shale oil extraction plants designed by Russian AtomEnergoProekt. The first plant would have the capacity to process 8 million tons of oil shale and produce one million tons of oil per year.[2][3][4] The second stage was to increase the number of plants to eight.[4] The residual heat of the process and produces oil-shale gas would be used for electricity production at the 120-MW facility.[5] However, in December 2015 Uzbekneftegaz announced that the project was postponed.[6]
The deposit was to be developed by Uzbekneftegaz in cooperation with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation and a number of Korean companies. This was to be followed by a joint venture of Uzbekneftegaz, JGC Corporation and Technopian Corporation to extract metals from the oil shale.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Japanese Companies to Develop Uzbek Oil Shale Fields". Oil & Gas Eurasia. 2010-07-05. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ a b c Sieff, Martin (2011-02-11). "Oil shale will keep Uzbekistan among region's top energy producers". Central Asia Newswire. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ a b "Uzbekistan Seeks to Become Central Asia's 1st Shale Oil Producer". The Gazette of Central Asia. Satrapia. 24 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Atomenergoproekt have completed a conceptual design for 8 x UTT-3000 complex in Uzbekistan (Sangruntau)". TTU Ltd. 2012-11-20. Archived from the original on 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ Jafarova, Aynur (2013-05-13). "Oil-shale processing plant to be commissioned in Uzbekistan by 2016". AzerNews. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ "Uzbekistan postpones shale plant construction". Trend News Agency. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-03-25.