1.8 billion barrel oilfield discovered in Afghanistan, Petraeus says US may need to stay longer
Afghanistan says finds 1.8 billion barrel oilfield
Sayed Salahuddin
Reuters
Aug 16, 2010
Afghanistan said on Sunday it had discovered an oilfield with an estimated 1.8 billion barrels in the north of the war-ravaged country, where U.S. and other foreign forces are trying to tame a Taliban-led insurgency.
The discovery of the basin between northern Balkh and Shiberghan provinces was made after a survey conducted by Afghan and international geologists, said Jawad Omar, a spokesman for the ministry of mines.
“I do not know its price in the market. But the initial survey says there are 1.8 billion barrels of oil and I think there will be more than what it is estimated,” he told Reuters.
Hahaha! They already knew it from war in Afghanistan! As in Iraq, the war is made for oil.
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