ATLANTA (Pajhwok): The acting minister of mines and petroleum says a Chinese company will drill 10 new oil wells in Amu River basin and make six more wells ready for petroleum extraction.
The state owned Bakhtar News Agency (BNA) reported Shiekh Shahabudin Dilawar made the announcement in the capital of northern Jawzjan province.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony for the Shiberghan-Mazar-i-Sharif gas pipeline project, he said a contract for the development of oilfields in the Amu Darya basin had already been inked with the Chinese company.
He told journalists the contract inked by the previous government with . . .
