Uzbekistan sees steady decline in gas production

Gas production in Uzbekistan has been decreasing for the third month in a row, Centralasianlight.org reported.

According to data of the Statistics Agency on industrial production of Uzbekistan, in 2022, gas production in Uzbekistan decreased by 4% - from 53.8 billion to 51.66 billion cubic meters.

In December, the volume of production amounted to 4.35 billion cubic meters, in January - 4.31 billion, in February - 3.85 billion.

Thus, in January-February 2023, the production of this fuel decreased by 8.2%, or by 730.8 million cubic meters, compared to the same period of the previous year.

It is noteworthy that the decline in production in February (-9% compared to February 2022) accelerated compared to January (-7.5% compared to January last year), when abnormal frosts were observed.