TASHKENT, Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan’s Uzbekneftegaz oil and gas company has conducted trainings for its staff dedicated to adopting measures for reduced methane emissions during production, as well as evaluation of the emissions’ environmental impact in the country’s oil and gas industry, Trend reports.

Uzbekneftegaz said the event was organized jointly with Norwegian Carbon limits climate tech company and participants of the United Nations Environment Program.

The main goal of the project is to familiarize Uzbek specialists with detailed information about global innovations and modern methods for detecting, measuring and quantifying methane emissions.

During the event, the experts also discussed modern methods of identifying the main causes of methane emissions into the atmosphere and preventing the problem. In addition, issues of cooperation to reduce the negative impact of the oil and gas sector on the environment were discussed with responsible parties.

Earlier this month, the World Bank stated that accelerating the scaling up of renewable energy will play an essential role in the development of Uzbekistan’s power sector.

Uzbekistan has set goals for the production of renewable energy, aiming to increase its share of this area in the energy balance to 25 percent by 2026. This entails the addition of 15 GW of new renewable energy capacity.

In addition, according to official forecasts, by the end of 2023, the newly deployed capacities of renewable energy sources put into operation in Uzbekistan will reach 2 GW.

Source: Trend News

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Kazakhstan is working together with the government of Egypt on evacuation of its nationals from the Gaza Strip. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Umarov said it on the sidelines of the Senate’s meeting in Astana today, Kazinform News Agency reports.

He said the situation is quite complicated. “Now only humanitarian goods have begun to arrive, which are distributed to the population. But it’s still not enough. The situation is very complicated. We keep the issue under control and we work together with the Egyptian government, with all possible persons who can solve these issues,” he said.

In his words, the information about the number of Kazakh nationals staying in the Gaza Strip is updated regularly.

“Each time new persons appear or someone has not contacted us yet. I think it is early to talk about those numbers today. As soon as the passage is opened, our citizens will be evacuated from  there. Their citizenship will be still identified,” Kairat Umarov added.

Earlier, Official Spokesperson of the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aibek Smadyarov said there are more than 100 Kazakh nationals in the Gaza Strip now. 

Source: Kazinform

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The government of Kazakhstan is working on the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister, Alikhan Smailov, said, trend reports via the Information Service of the Prime Minister.

According to the PM, last year, the route registered a twofold increase in cargo transportation, reaching 1.7 million tons.

“Due to the roadmaps signed with Azerbaijan, Türkiye, and Georgia, 2 million tons of cargo are expected to be transported through the TITR this year, with plans to increase the capacity to 10 million tons by 2025,” he said.

Furthermore, according to Smailov, the Kazakh government plans to modernize all republican and 95 percent of local roads by 2025. In the current year, 3,600 km of roads will be constructed or reconstructed.

He also mentioned the ongoing construction of the second track of the Dostyk-Moyinty railway section as well as the upcoming completion of technical documentation for projects such as the Darbaza-Maktaaral line, the Bakhty-Ayagoz border crossing, and the bypass road around Almaty.

Smailov also revealed plans to construct 111 million square meters of housing by 2029, including 15.3 million square meters in 2023. The Prime Minister also said that 5,000 km of engineering networks will be modernized this year.

Source : Menafn

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