Infrastructure development has begun on the site of a planned gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Uzbekistan as the partners in the project - state-owned oil and gas firm Uzbekneftegaz, South African petrochemicals giant Sasol, and Malaysia's Petronas - move closer to a final investment decision.
Speaking at a ceremony at the proposed plant site at Shurtan in the south of Uzbekistan on the weekend, Uzbekistan Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev said the multi-billion dollar project would result in the first such high-tech plant on the Eurasian continent.
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