Sar-e-Pul (Agencies): According to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, 250 tons of crude oil are extracted daily from the Qashqari oil wells in the Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan.
According to the ministry, three more wells have now been operational, along with four previously active wells. Daily oil extraction from these wells amounts to 250 tons (more than 1,800 barrels), and more than 17,000 tons of oil have been refined.
“Our extraction level iscurrently 250 tons per day, which was 200 tons in the past,” stated Homayoun Afghan, a Ministry spokesman.
“13,669 tons of raw oil have been refined in the Qashqari area and
3,659 tons in the Angot area.”
The Qashqari oil field in the north of the country, which consists of the three regions of Aqdaria, Qashqari, and Angut, covers a total area of 1723 square km.
19.6 million tons of oil can be used from this field, and in the not-too-distant future, if additional wells are drilled, that amount of oil will be extracted from it and will reach nearly 1000 tons in one day.
According to the Engineer of Qashqari Oil, the extraction of the Qashqari oil has been halted since 2018; however, since the de facto authorities’ return, the oil extraction has been contracted to the Chinese National Company.
It should be noted that the provinces of Sar-e-pul, Faryab, and Jawzjan in the country’s north contain most of the nation’s estimated 120 million tons of proven oil reserves.
Afghanistan extracts 250 tons of oil daily from Qashqari wells
