A.N. Bogdanov, P.V. Khmyrov
Petroleum potential of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its development prospects
DOI 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-2-113-123
Key words: field; geological exploration; oil; gas; accumulation; reserves; resources.
For citation: Bogdanov A.N., Khmirov P.V. Petroleum potential of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its development prospects. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2025;(2):113–123. DOI: 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-2-113-123. In Russ.
The authors discuss the results of geological exploration for oil and gas in the Republic of Uzbekistan from the early days of its oil and gas industry, including a brief history of the first field discovery. The existing hydrocarbon resource base is presented both for individual oil and gas bearing regions and for Uzbekistan as a whole. The data on the number of identified oil and gas fields across five oil and gas-bearing regions of the republic is provided, which are categorized by fluid type and development status. The paper highlights the share of total initial resources of Uzbekistan oil and gas bearing regions, as well as the contribution of certain of reserve and resource categories in the overall resource base. For each region, the authors consider the prospects for increasing hydrocarbon reserves based on the existing resource base along with focus areas that facilitate this process. A comprehensive analysis of the collected data allowed the authors concluding that the hydrocarbon potential of the territory is very high. This is supported by significant predicted and prospective resources, as well as preliminarily estimated reserves, which provide the potential to increase the commercial recoverable reserves to more than 3.5 billion tons of oil equivalent in future.
Aleksandr N. Bogdanov ORCiD
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Head of Laboratory
Institute of Geology and Exploration
of Oil and Gas Deposits,
64, ul. Olimlar, Tashkent, 100164, Uzbekistan
e-mail: bogdalex7@yandex.ru
ResearcherID: T-4872-2017
SPIN: 2124-0094
Pavel V. Khmyrov ORCiD
Junior Researcher
Institute of Geology and Exploration
of Oil and Gas Deposits,
64, ul. Olimlar, Tashkent, 100164, Uzbekistan
e-mail: pkhmirov@gmail.com
ResearcherID: HTR-1937-2023
SPIN: 9262-4910
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