Kyrgyzstan to launch oil refinery in spring
Baku, February 27, AZERTAC
An oil refinery will be launched in Kyrgyzstan’s Batken Oblast in the spring of 2025 according to Kabar.
This was announced at a board meeting of energy companies and institutions under the Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic on the results of 2024.
Thus, license agreement No. 2 was received for oil and gas production at the Severny Sokh and Chongara Galcha fields. Repair and preparatory work was carried out on oil wells together with Kyrgyz-Turkish K-Neftegaz OJSC and Kyrgyztransneftegaz State Enterprise; at present, the construction of the oil refinery is 95% complete.
Full launch is scheduled for March 2025. Oil is being produced at 7 wells. Today, 200 tons of oil have been produced. Currently, 42 employees are working. Once the project is fully launched, 350-400 jobs will be created.
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