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Afghan-Tajik oil zone mapping begins
The Afghan Ministry of Mines said on Monday that Afghan-Tajik Oil Zone Mapping has begun and will end by mid next month.After completion of Mapping and determination of the level of oil, the bidding process will start, a front man for the Ministry of Mines, Jawad Omer, told TOLOnews. Afghan-Tajik Oil Zone is one of the biggest oil sources in the country and preliminary surveys show that more than one and half million barrels of oil are available in this mine which costs nearly $100b. A Canadian company has started the mapping process of the area and it will end by 1st March this year. The bidding process will also start by March 7th 2012. The oil zone covers northern and northeastern parts of Afghanistan. According to studies conducted by Major international companies, besides Afghan-Tajik Oil Zone, there are other oil zones such as Amu Darya oil zone, Kashka, Katawaz, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... and Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... oil zones. The exploration of Amu Darya oil zone was recently awarded to a Chinese company. The Chinese CNPC company will invest $700m on the mine in the next five years. The practical phase of the oil exploration will start this year. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-15 |
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