Sangruntau oil shale deposit explained

The Sangruntau oil shale deposit is an oil-shale deposit in Navoi Region, Uzbekistan. The reserves are estimated to reach up to 47 billion metric tons.[1] [2] [3]

History

In 2010, Uzbekneftegaz started a process to develop the deposit.[1] The first stage of the plan was to build two Galoter-type shale oil extraction plants designed by Russian AtomEnergoProekt. The first plant would have the capacity to process 8 million tons of oil shale and produce one million tons of oil per year.[2] [3] [4] The second stage was to increase the number of plants to eight.[4] The residual heat of the process and produces oil-shale gas would be used for electricity production at the 120-MW facility.[5] However, in December 2015 Uzbekneftegaz announced that the project was postponed.[6]

The deposit was to be developed by Uzbekneftegaz in cooperation with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation and a number of Korean companies. This was to be followed by a joint venture of Uzbekneftegaz, JGC Corporation and Technopian Corporation to extract metals from the oil shale.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Japanese Companies to Develop Uzbek Oil Shale Fields . https://archive.today/20130411142811/http://www.oilandgaseurasia.com/tech_trend/japanese-companies-develop-uzbek-oil-shale-fields . dead . 2013-04-11 . Oil & Gas Eurasia . 2010-07-05 . 2013-03-31.
  2. News: Oil shale will keep Uzbekistan among region's top energy producers . Central Asia Newswire . Martin . Sieff . 2011-02-11 . 2013-03-31.
  3. News: Uzbekistan Seeks to Become Central Asia's 1st Shale Oil Producer. The Gazette of Central Asia. 24 March 2013. Satrapia.
  4. News: Atomenergoproekt have completed a conceptual design for 8 x UTT-3000 complex in Uzbekistan (Sangruntau) . TTU Ltd. . 2012-11-20 . 2013-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309184035/http://galoter.com/news/view_30/ . 2014-03-09 . dead.
  5. News: Oil-shale processing plant to be commissioned in Uzbekistan by 2016 . AzerNews . Aynur . Jafarova . 2013-05-13 . 2014-03-10.
  6. News: Uzbekistan postpones shale plant construction . . 2015-12-29 . 2016-03-25.