Uzbekneftegaz wraps upgrade, expansion of Mubarek gas plant

JSC Uzbekneftegaz has completed a modernization and expansion project at its Mubarek gas processing plant in Uzbekistan’s Kashkadarya region. Alongside modernizing the plant’s three existing propane-butane production (UPPBS) units, Uzbekneftegaz has completed construction and commissioning of a fourth $58.25-million UPPBS unit at the site, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy (MOE) said.

Built over a period of 3 years, the new UPPBS unit is equipped to process up to 3 billion cu m/year of natural gas feedstock to produce an additional 38,400 tonnes/year of LPG to help meet Uzbekistan’s growing domestic demand, MOE said.

Completed as of Aug. 28, the portion of the project involving implementation of the fourth UPPBS unit also included construction of a booster compressor station; a zeolite gas dehydration unit; and additional tanks for receiving, storing and shipping liquefied gases to consumers, according to a Mar. 18 project update from Uzbekneftegaz.

While neither Uzbekneftegaz nor MOE disclosed details regarding specific modernization works carried out at Mubarek’s existing UPPBS units, Uzbekneftegaz said in an Aug. 28 release that overall cost of the upgraded and newly constructed unit amounted to $75 million.