This follows the purchase of a controlling stake in local monopoly gas operator, Kyrgyzgaz, in 2014 for the symbolic amount of $1.
According to Gazprom’s plan, gas pipelines will be laid to more than 400 cities, towns and villages, allowing about 60% of the Kyrgyz population to have access to gas by 2030, compared with 22% today.
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Djoomart Otorbayev said last week during a meeting with Gazprom executive chairman Alexei Miller in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek that following implementation of the plan, gas consumption is forecast to rise five-fold and exceed 1 billion cubic metres per year.
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