Center Coordinator
Independent researcher University of World Economy and Diplomacy
Head of International Cooperation Division of the of Business Development Department of the National Oil and Gas Company of Uzbekistan - Uzbekneftegaz JSC.
Ibragimova Sevara has worked with major international oil and gas companies BP, SOCAR, Air Products, Gazprom, Lukoil, KoGas, Lotte Chemical and others.
Sevara graduated from Tashkent State University of Economics with a degree in International Economic Relations. She has a Master's degree.
She has considerable experience in implementing investment projects in the oil and gas industry, such as "Construction of Ustyurt Gas Chemical Complex", "Organization of olefins production from natural gas", "Development of "Jel" field in Ustyurt
According to the most recent research conducted at the end of last year by the consulting firm Accenture, 70% of industry leaders and 50% of laggards consider enterprise-wide transformation to be a critical component of remaining competitive. At the same time, more than 200 oil and gas industry executives participated in the global survey.
At the same time, according to the consulting firm McKinsey, carrying out a comprehensive digital transformation in chemical companies can improve average earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by 8.5–16.0 percentage points. Earlier Siemens studies (from 2017) show a similar assessment of the effectiveness of digitalization implementation - at least 20%.
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The article contains an analysis of the previous and current state of Uzbekistan's hydropower, which has a history of almost 100 years, the country's hydropower potential, existing problems and their rational solutions, construction of new hydroelectric power stations, modernization of old hydroelectric power stations, investments in the field, practical cooperation with leading foreign energy companies. , current and promising projects are highlighted.
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Issues related to gas pipelines and any other channels for transporting energy resources must be studied on a large scale, in the context of geopolitics, economics and geological features. The gas pipeline system of Central Asia and the Caspian region is of a strategic nature not only for the countries included in the Central Asian region, but also for Russia, Europe, China and Iran. In this review, we tried to briefly talk about existing and potential gas pipelines in the region, which, undoubtedly, are an important socio-economic and geopolitical element of relations between countries.
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