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 much oil does Afghanistan import per day?
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 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 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.
Will Afghanistan’s hydrocarbon deposits deplete its own underground reserves?
Zalmai Mirzazadah, a oil and gas engineer in Mazar-e Sharif, noted that Afghanistan’s hydrocarbon deposits were close to the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, which would have concerns that extraction on the Afghan side could deplete their own underground reserves.
Can Afghanistan lift oil by itself?
Afghan companies are unable to lift oil by themselves, he added. The minister predicted that this next wave of oil developments would meet 80 per cent of domestic demand. Aside from oil, Afghanistan is rich in a range of mineral deposits, but so far foreign investments has been slow in coming.