Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Trilateral Gas Flows Expected To Increase

The trilateral gas project involving Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan has proven successful, and gas transit volumes are expected to grow, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during a briefing in Tashkent, where he arrived on a state visit.

Tokayev stated that “The Russia-Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan gas project is showing strong results. Through joint efforts, we intend to increase gas transit volumes. In addition, there is significant potential for expanding cooperation in the oil sector and in the nuclear industry.”

In June 2023, Uzbekistan signed a gas purchase agreement with Gazprom, with supplies beginning in October of that year. On October 16 this year, the Russian government reported that Gazprom continues to fulfil its contract to supply Uzbekistan with 7.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually. At the same time, there are significant prospects for increasing gas deliveries, including LNG.

Russia currently supplies the Kazakh market with about 10 billion cubic meters of gas annually, with another 35 billion cubic meters destined for China.

To put these volumes into perspective, Russia supplies to the EU in 9M 2025 were about 28 billion cubic meters, meaning that Russia’s supplies to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan alone are roughly equivalent to about 45% of the total EU supply volumes -signalling that Moscow has been able to find new and growing markets without the need to rely on European exports.