Afghanistan signs major oil deal with China
Wahidullah Shahrani, Afghan Minister of Mines
Afghanistan signed a major oil exploration contract with a Chinese company (China National Petroleum Corp) today in Kabul.
The deal will develop three oil fields in northern Afghanistan (Sar-e-pul and Faryab provinces). Wahidullah Shahrani, Afghanistan’s Minister of Mines, told the media that the deal could bring in about $7 billion to Afghanistan over the next 25 years.
The minister said that the Chinese will start to bring in their experts and equipment to the site in a month, however, the practice work (extraction) is expected to begin in October 2012.
December 28, 2011
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