Currently Afghanistan has refinery capacity of 32,500 barrels per day. However, the refineries produce very low quality oil and they are generally inefficient in their production. Therefore, Afghanistan crude oil imports all its oil as finished refined products
Where is Afghanistan’s first oil refinery located?
The initial US$ 30 million investment went towards the construction of Afghanistan’s first oil refining facility inHairatan, along the Afghan-Uzbek border. Located near the border town of Hairatan, the refinery overlooks the Amu-Darya River, the natural border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
How many tons a day does Ghazanfar oil refinery produce?
Ghazanfar Oil Refinery has an operating capacity of 500 metric tons per day or 150,000 metric tons per year. Using low sulfur crude, oil distillates and other oil derivatives, the refinery and processing units will produce petrol A-80, Kerosene, Diesel and Mazut.
What types of petrol will be produced by the refinery & processing units?
Using low sulfur crude, oil distillates and other oil derivatives, the refinery and processing units will produce petrol A-80, Kerosene, Diesel and Mazut. Through additional processes, we will be producing winterized diesel and high octane petrol.
Where is Ghazanfar oil refinery located?
The Ghazanfar Oil Refinery is located in Hairaton City in Northern Afghanistan. Our refinery is situated by the Ghazanfar Dry Port and near the main rail with railway transportation networks into Central Asia and trucking networks reaching throughout Afghanistan.
How much oil does Afghanistan import from Russia?
Afghanistan import 8% of its oil from Kazakhstan Russia: It produced an average of 10.2 million barrels of oil per day. It produces 12% of the world’s oil, Russian crude oil and condensate production reached to the post-Soviet maximum of 9.7 million barrels per day.