Russian-Uzbek venture plans small refinery

Sept. 27, 2005
Dzharkurganneftepererabotka, a joint venture of Russia's Petromaruz and Uzbekistan's Dzharkurganneft, plans a 2,600 b/d refinery in Dharkurgan in southern Uzbekistan.

Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 -- Dzharkurganneftepererabotka, a joint venture of Russia's Petromaruz and Uzbekistan's Dzharkurganneft, plans a 2,600 b/d refinery in Dharkurgan in southern Uzbekistan.

The refinery will produce asphalt and diesel from heavy crude from eight fields Dzharkurganneft is developing in the Surkhandarya region.

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