The story
Construction of a GTL plant in Uzbekistan was discussed between Uzbekneftegaz and Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company in March 2008. However, in April 2009 Uzbekneftegaz signed a heads of agreement for the GTL project with Sasol and Petronas. On 15 July 2009, Sasol, Petronas, and Uzbekneftegaz signed an agreement to establish a joint venture for developing the GTL project. The detailed feasibility study was conducted by Technip. Technip also conducted the front end engineering design.
Work commenced after the 2016 Uzbekistan election.
From Wikipedia’s article on Uzbekistan GTL, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4