Gas stove burner. File photoTASHKENT, Jan 26Interruptions in gas supply are noted in Tashkent and a number of regions of Uzbekistan due to the consequences of a massive power outage in the country the day before, Khududgaztaminot JSC (Regiongazsnab), the operator of gas supplies in the republic, reported on Wednesday in the Telegram channel. Earlier, the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan reported, that on January 25 at 9.00 Moscow time in a number of regions of the country there was a power outage. Later, the department clarified that a phased restoration of electricity supply had begun. According to the press service of the Kazakhstani electric grid operator KEGOC, an accident in the power supply system that affected a number of Central Asian countries occurred due to an overload of a transit line in Kazakhstan.
A commission has been created in Uzbekistan to find out the reasons for the blackout «Currently, in the Ferghana Valley, Surkhandarya and Tashkent regions, as well as in Tashkent, there is a decrease in natural gas supplies or its absence,» the operator's Telegram channel said in a message. The press service reminded that on January 25, due to a blackout, gas and oil production was suspended at 64 fields of Uzbekneftegaz JSC. «This led to a decrease in pressure in the main gas pipelines of Uztransgaz JSC and in the local networks of Khududgaztaminot,» the company noted. «All necessary measures are being taken to restore pressure and supply natural gas to consumers,» the press service added. On Tuesday mass power outages were recorded in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, presumably due to an accident in the unified energy system of Central Asia. , as well as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan.
