Transit of Russian gas Uzbekistan is planned to start from October this year. This became known during a working trip of the Chairman of QazaqGaz Sanzhar Zharkeshov to the Atyrau region, where he visited new gas transportation system modernization projects.
Sanzhar Zharkeshov inspected the progress of preparatory work on the Kazakh section of the Central Asia-Center main gas pipeline for transportation of Russian gas to Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan.
All technical works are being carried out by QazaqGaz in full accordance with the approved schedule. To date, a number of repair and restoration activities have been completed: repair and restoration work on section No. 14 in the Mangistau region was completed ahead of schedule and in full. Passage pressure tests have been successfully completed; at the stage of completion of repair and restoration work on site No. 1 in the West Kazakhstan region; repair and restoration work is being actively carried out at sections No. 2-No. 13 in the Atyrau region, he added.
