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Uzbekneftegaz chairman Abdughani Sanginov travelled to the Muborak oil and gas extraction department this week to lead a working-group review of production operations, winter season preparations and the company’s output programme for 2027, the state energy company said on Thursday.
The session focused on sustaining stable natural gas supplies to consumers through the cold months, with management stressing the need to extract maximum output from every active well, carry out geological and technical interventions to schedule, and prevent any disruption to production flows. Company leadership noted that rising gas demand makes it essential to use available capacity efficiently and avoid unplanned stoppages.
Specific assignments were issued for the remainder of the year: improving well productivity, accelerating the pace of geological and technical work, and securing the overall stability of gas extraction at the Muborak fields.
Boilers, power supply and worker housing
On the infrastructure side, teams were directed to repair steam and hot-water heating boilers at production facilities, improve the reliability of electricity supply and ensure uninterrupted operation of existing equipment before temperatures fall. The meeting also set tasks around improving conditions in workers’ residential settlements, promptly correcting deficiencies identified during inspections, strengthening financial discipline and organising construction-site work in the prescribed order.
2027 programme under review
Alongside the immediate winter agenda, the working group examined forward-looking questions for 2027, including the production programme, gas extraction forecasts, a plan for geological and technical measures, a procurement programme and the formation of necessary material and technical resource reserves.
Participants also discussed reducing unit production costs, optimising operating expenditure and establishing clear performance indicators for both managers and staff.
Sanginov closed the session by emphasising that all assigned tasks must be carried out in practice rather than on paper, and that accountability for the execution and results of each directive must be raised. He did not give specific output volume targets or financial figures during the meeting as reported.
The Muborak gas and oil extraction department, located in Kashkadarya region in southern Uzbekistan, is one of the country’s principal hydrocarbon production units and a key node in the national gas supply network.