Uzbekistan plans to develop a $3.5 billion foreign investment in 2015

Almaty. December 24. Silkroadnews - In 2015, according to the investment program, Uzbekistan plans to acquire $3.534 billion of foreign investment on 156 investment projects, reported Uzbek Telegraph Agency (UzTAG).
Target volume due to foreign loans guaranteed by the government planned to be spent $965 million for 76 projects through foreign direct investment - $2.569 billion for 80 projects. The largest volume of foreign investments - $2.299 billion for 35 projects planned in the energy sector. Of these, at the expense of direct investment by foreign companies planning to invest $2.071 billion in 15 projects in the oil and gas industry.
In particular, a consortium of Korean companies led by Kogas will complete the construction of Ustyurt gas chemical complex in the northwest of the country, total cost of $4.1 billion. China's CNPC will start the construction of the fourth line of the Uzbek section of the pipeline "Central Asia-China" worth $800 million.
Russian NC "LUKOIL" is investing $587 million in the implementation of two PSAs in Uzbekistan worth more than $8 billion.