The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has announced that three salt mines in Faryab province, contracted to a private company for 15 years at a value of $25 million, have officially commenced mining operations. Initially, 500 people have been employed, with plans to increase the workforce to 1,000 in the future.
According to officials from the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, Afghanistan currently operates 24 active oil wells across the country, yielding a daily extraction of 13.5 tons of oil. The number of wells is steadily increasing as exploration, extraction, and well drilling activities continue. The ministry’s spokesperson highlighted that Afghanistan possesses oil fields spanning an […]
Humayun Afghan, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, has reported that the Amu River oil basin has recently seen the activation of six new wells. This development has resulted in a daily extraction level of 1350 tons. Mr. Afghan further explained that the total number of active wells in the basin […]