STRATEGIC ROLE OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN THE ECONOMY OF UZBEKISTAN AND SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF DIESEL FUEL HYDROTREATING PROCESSES

This paper analyzes the role of Uzbekistan's oil and gas processing industry in ensuring the country's economic, social, and environmental stability. Using the Bukhara oil refinery as a case study, the dynamics of diesel fuel production and modernization processes within the sector are examined. Furthermore, the chemical mechanism of the hydrotreating process for diesel fractions, as well as hydrogenation reactions of organic sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen compounds, are detailed.