Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, says that 200 tons of pure oil are extracted daily from the Qashqari oil mine in Sar-e-pul province, which earns 130 thousand US dollars.
200 tons of pure oil are extracted daily from Qashqari mine in Sar-e-pul province
4 Feb 2023 - 12:50
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, says that 200 tons of pure oil are extracted daily from the Qashqari oil mine in Sar-e-pul province, which earns 130 thousand US dollars.
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, wrote on his Twitter page that 200 tons of pure oil worth 130,000 US dollars are extracted daily from the Qashqari mine in Sar-e-pul Province.
Qashqari oil field in the north of the country, including three parts of Aqdaria, Qashqari and Angut, occupies a total area of 1723 square kilometers, from which 19.6 million tons of oil can be used, and in the near future, if other wells are drilled, that amount of oil will be extracted from It will reach nearly 1000 tons in one night.
Noorullah Amirzada, the general engineer of Qashqari oil, said in a conversation with National TV that now 200 tons of pure oil are extracted from wells No. 1, 3, 4, 9, and 10 of this mine.
According to Amirzada, since 2018, the extraction of Qashqari oil mine has been stopped, and with the arrival of the Islamic Emirate, its extraction has been contracted with the Chinese National Company.
Amirzada added that another 30 wells are going to be drilled by the Chinese company in the near future, which will increase the amount of oil extraction from 200 tons to 1000 tons per day.
Bazarkami, Qashgari and Zamardsai are one of Afghanistan's oil mines in the north of the country, and a total of 10 wells have been drilled in these mines, including 5 wells in Qashqari oil mine.
It should be mentioned that the country's oil-rich area is in the north, in the provinces of Sar-e-pul, Faryab and Jawzjan, whose total reserves have been fixed at 120 million tons.
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