Uzbekistan to buy 2.8 bcm of Russian gas per year

6/19/2023

(Reuters) - Uzbekistan will start importing 9 mcm of Russian natural gas daily from Oct.1 under a deal it has signed with Russia's Gazprom, the Central Asian nation's energy ministry said on Monday.

This volume corresponds to about 2.8 bcm a year, as gas imports will be used to cover shortages during the cold season, and the agreement covers a two-year period, it said in a statement.

The ministry did not say at what price it would buy the gas which will be delivered through the reversed Soviet-era pipeline connecting Central Asia to Russia.