ExxonMobil and Uzbekneftegaz, Uzbek oil and gas company, are going to implement in Uzbekistan’s Fergana oil refinery a project unique for Central Asia – production of base oils of groups II and III, the press service of the Uzbek oil and gas company said.
The cost of the project is about $150 million, the implementation period – 2018-2021. ExxonMobil will be the licensor of technological equipment in the project.
During the talks in Tashkent, the parties discussed further actions and measures to accelerate the project, in particular, signing license packages and engineering agreements, possibility of price optimization with regard to the updated configuration of the production process, as well as obtaining additional base oils from the residual fraction.
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In 2007, the company ranked second in Fortune 1000, the list of the largest public American companies, and in Fortune Global 500, the list of the world’s largest corporations.
The company’s headquarters is located in Irving, Dallas, Texas.
