PJSC Lukoil reported startup of construction of the Kandym gas processing complex in southwestern Uzbekistan (OGJ Online, Feb. 13, 2015).
The complex in Bukhara province will include a gas treatment plant with a capacity of 8.1 billion cu m/year. Lukoil anticipates 114 producing wells, 11 well pads, 4 gathering stations, and 370 km of gas pipelines.
The Kandym development project consists of six gas condensate fields: Kandym, Kuvachi-Alat, Akkum, Parsanal, Khoji, and West Khoji.
About 7,000 people will be involved in construction.
