TASHKENT, Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan has approved a USD 10.6 million gas leak project backed by the World Bank to reduce gas losses, cut methane emissions and modernise infrastructure. The programme will run from 2026 to 2028.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the measures under Resolution No. 444 dated August 18. Of the total funding, USD 9.6 million will go toward reducing gas losses.
Meanwhile, USD 500,000 will support monitoring and reporting systems. Another USD 500,000 will fund the implementation team and foreign experts. Earlier, inspections of facilities operated by Uztransgaz identified more than 1,000 gas leak points.
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Those leaks were linked to estimated losses of up to 35 million cubic metres of gas. The project is intended to identify and eliminate leaks while improving oversight of Uzbekistan’s gas network.
