Ergash Rahmatullayevich Shoismatov (Russified form ''Shaismatov'' is also used) was the Deputy

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between 2012 and 2016. He was born on 1951 and is a graduate of Tashkent Polytechnical Institute. On 30 August 2006 Shoismatov announced that the

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and an international consortium consisting of state-run

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, LUKoil Overseas,

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, and

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had signed a production-sharing agreement to explore and develop oil and gas fields in the

Aral Sea The Aral Sea () was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan to its north and Uzbekistan to its south, which began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up into desert by the 2010s. It was in the Aktobe and Kyzylorda regions of Kazakhst ...

, saying, "The Aral Sea is largely unknown, but it holds a lot of promise in terms of finding oil and gas. There is risk, of course, but we believe in the success of this unique project." The consortium was created in September 2005.Uzbekistan, intl consortium ink deal on exploring Aral Sea
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Living people Deputy prime ministers of Uzbekistan Government ministers of Uzbekistan Musicians from Tashkent 1951 births Recipients of Order of Friendship of Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-bio-stub

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