Surgil ESIA Report - Volume III - EKN

“O’ZLITINEFTGAZ” PC
PFS “Surgil field complex costruction with valuable
components retrieval”
High rates of population increase and also considerable share of able-bodied
population make the problem of employment sharp, which decisions enters into number of
priority political and socio-economic problems of the republic.
Now, the government of Uzbekistan takes measures on elimination of the negative
tendencies which are taking place in economic and social spheres.
Carrying out of an active policy on the labour market, directed on creation of
workplaces, employments and occupational training of the unemployed, in certain degree
promote job growth of the population and unemployment decrease.
The decision of the question of effective economy development at the expense of
domestic resources and mobilization of foreign investment is created conditions for selfdevelopment,
self-affirmation and material welfare of the population.
Construction of the new industrial projects and development of hydrocarbons fields
of Ustyurt region will favorably be reflected in employment of the population and as a
whole in improvement of social level of inhabitants of considered regions.
The majority of families of the given regions lives in a countryside and is mainly
focused on agricultural work from which receive the basic incomes. Data about population
employment through these regions are listed in the table
Table 7 – Population employment
Human resources Kungrad Muynak
Able-bodied population size in able-bodied age at the
average for 01.10.2005., thousand persons 60.3 15.4
Employed population size for 01.10.2005., thousand
37.9 9.6
persons
Average monthly wage of workers and employees are low and makes 72.2 thousand
soums through the Kungrad region and 27.8 thousand soums through the Muynak region.
Realisation of planned construction of Surgil GCF will provide increase in extraction
of natural gas to 3 billion cubic m per year.
Commissioning of additional capacities of gas extraction will also bring into its
contribution to maintenance of the reached production level in “Ustyurtgaz” USE and,
hence, will lower acuteness of hydrocarbons deficit in the republic.
As is known, gas fuel is most ecologically pure. If to consider, that 85% of the
electric power in Uzbekistan are made on the thermal power stations using natural gas as
fuel it is possible to draw a conclusion that wide use of gas fuel has appreciably reduced
atmospheric air pollution as a whole through the country.
Gas supply for export to neighboring countries gives the currency earnings necessary
for further development of oil and gas branch and also for the decision of other state tasks.
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