DUSHANBE, May 6, 2016, Asia-Plus – More than 25 percent (34,600 square kilometers) of Tajikistan’s territory is considered to have hydrocarbon deposits, according to the State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest).
To-date, 25 oil and natural gas deposits have been explored and 40 other oil and gas fields are still at the stage of exploration, an official source at GosKomInvest told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to findings of the latest report of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Tajikistan, the oil and natural gas fields are located in the north and the southwest of the country.
According to expert estimates, the aggregate raw-materials resources of the oil and gas bearing areas in Tajikistan amount to 1,033.76 billion tons of reference fuel, including 857 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 117.6 million tons of oil, and 36 million tons of gas condensate. At the same time, production work at oil and gas fields requires considerable expenditure, since hydrocarbon deposits occur at depths ranging from 6.5 to 8 kilometers.
The following companies are reportedly engaged in exploration of oil and gas fields in the southwestern Tajikistan: State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) Naftu Gaz (Patinak oil field); Salosa Limited Liability Company (Miyonborik, Safedteppa and Southerm Qum deposits); Kulob Petroleum (Usunikhor and Southern Pushiyon deposits), Azizi Limited Liability Company (Shaambari deposit); and Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) Hasan & Co (Selduzd deposit).
Petroleum Sughd Limited Liability Company is engaged in exploration of eleven oil fields in northern Tajikistan.
