Uzbekistan Expects Gas Output to Reach 66 Bcm by 2020

Uzbekistan intends to increase natural gas production to 66 billion cubic meters by 2020, Shokir Faizullaev, the chairman of the Board of Uzbekneftegaz national holding company said on Wednesday at an energy conference.

In 2013, the Central Asian nation produced 62.911 billion cubic meters of gas, according to the government, says to Trend News Agency.

According to Faizullaev, country’s gas exports is expected to rise by 20 per cent by 2020, reports Trend News Agency. In 2013, country exported about 13 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

Gas consumption by the country's economic sectors by 2020 is likely to decline by 7 per cent compared with consumption recorded in 2013. However, household gas usage in 2020 will be same as that seen in 2013, the news agency quotes Faizullaev as saying.