MOSCOW, December 4 (RIA Novosti) – LUKoil, Russia’s second-largest oil producer, plans to invest some $5 billion in projects in Uzbekistan over the next five years, local media reported Wednesday.
The news came a day after talks between the Central Asian country’s president, Islam Karimov, and LUKoil CEO Vagit Alekperov.
The privately owned company has invested $3.2 billion in Uzbekistan’s oil and natural gas sector since 2004, including $500 million in January-September 2013.
LUKoil is currently engaged in three projects in Uzbekistan with a cumulative gas production of 20.5 billion cubic meters.
