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More gasoline is promised: the Bukhara refinery is to be expanded for billions of dollars
The first project provides for the production of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline meeting Euro-5 environmental standards. To do this, the plant plans to improve existing technological processes and build new production lines.
After the project is implemented, the enterprise will be able to produce 1.1 million tons of Euro-5 gasoline annually. Launch is scheduled for the second quarter of 2029.
The second project is much larger in scale. Its preliminary cost is $1.8 billion. It provides for the introduction of modern oil refining and petrochemical technologies, as well as the construction of new technological units.
As a result, the plant’s total annual output of petroleum products is expected to increase from 2.1 million to 4.6 million tons — more than double.
In particular, it is planned to raise annual production to:
▪️automobile gasoline — up to 2.7 million tons;
▪️diesel fuel — up to 1.24 million tons;
▪️aviation kerosene — up to 500 thousand tons.
The implementation timeline for the second project has not been announced.
For the domestic market, increasing local production is a significant prospect. But there are no promises of lower retail prices in the presented plans: more gasoline at the plant does not automatically mean cheaper fuel at the pump.
source: Vaib.uz
