据能源新闻4月12日消息称，项目承包商Enter Engineering周五对路透社表示，乌兹别克斯坦将于今年下半年启动其第一家天然气合成油(GTL)工厂。

这家耗资36亿美元的工厂最初预计将在2020年投入使用，将使这个中亚国家能够利用其庞大的天然气储备生产更多的燃料，如柴油。目前，由于原油产量下降和炼油能力不足，这个中亚国家正在进口这一燃料。

Enter Engineering在一封电子邮件中表示:“尽管受到2020年疫情的影响，该项目已经实施了目前95.3%的计划工程，启动仪式定于今年下半年举行。”

“建筑和安装阶段现在已经完成，收尾和测试工作即将开始。”

2018年该项目启动时，该厂管理层表示，该厂每年将提炼36亿立方米天然气，生产150万吨燃料。

朱佳妮 摘译自 能源新闻

原文如下：

Uzbekistan to launch gas-to-liquids plant within months

Uzbekistan is set to launch its first gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in the second half of this year, project contractor Enter Engineering told Reuters on Friday.

The $3.6 billion plant, originally expected to be launched in 2020, will allow the Central Asian nation to use its large natural gas reserve to produce more fuels such as diesel which it currently imports due to declining crude oil output and insufficient refinery capacity.

"Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 the project has implementation of planned works currently standing at 95.3 per cent and the launch ceremony is scheduled for the second half of this year," Enter Engineering said in an email.

"The construction and installation phases are now complete, with finishing and testing works about to commence."

The plant will refine 3.6 billion cubic metres of gas a year and produce 1.5 million tonnes of fuel, its management said when the project was initiated in 2018.?