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]
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]