According to the Energy Ministry, electricity consumption will increase to 152.9 billion kWh by 2035, while the average annual growth in electricity consumption in 2021-2035 will increase by 2.7 percent.

The field has been developed by Azerbaijan's state energy firm SOCAR and France's TotalEnergies (formerly known as TOTAL) since 2016.

The Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, Bagdat Musin called grey mining tax evasion and claimed that grey miners would have their IP addresses blocked and their property confiscated.

The production complex of linear alkylbenzenes with a capacity of up to 100,000 tonnes per year is planned to be built on the basis of the UzGTL plant.

The country reduced oil exports by 12.7 percent year-on-year to 3.5 million tonnes and increased exports of natural gas by 44 percent to 1.613 billion cubic metres.

The total production of oil and gas condensate was 700,500 bpd.