Japan is strengthening its relationships with Central Asia with two series of deals in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Japan and Turkmenistan have signed deals worth more than US$18bn in the chemicals sector and power plant construction. Japanese group Sumitomo will build a 400 MW gas-fired simple-cycle power project in Turkmenistan under a US$300m construction contract. The main equipment for the plant (gas turbine, power generators) will be supplied by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS).
In addition, Japan has signed more than US$8.5bn of agreements with Uzbekistan, to explore new hydrocarbon reserves in the central Asian country (Japan will finance around US$5bn). Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) and Uzbekistan's state-owned oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz will jointly explore new hydrocarbon reserves, in order to increase gas production. Japanese companies will also modernise a heating power plant (CHP plant) in Tashkent.
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