Dushanbe, August 11 - "Avesta". - | Corporation Manas Petroleum (MNAP.OB) announced today that its subsidiary Tajik Somon Oil has received an exclusive license to develop oil fields in north-western Tajikistan.
As stated in a press release, the total land area on which the license is 2492 square meters. kilometers. The license is granted for a period of seven years.
The deposit is located in the northern Sughd border with Uzbekistan.
It is reported that Soviet research has shown that at a depth of 3.5-4 km in the area, there are four reservoirs with large deposits of oil. They have the same properties as the Uzbek Minbulag deposit, which is the largest oil field in the Ferghana Valley.
Oil in this area was discovered in 1950, in the search for uranium deposits - in the document Manas Petroleum. Seven-year work program involves the company conducting the work in the area of 400 km in 2-D seismic and 100 km of 3-D seismic.
Manas Petroleum - is an international oil and gas company focused on the work in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and South America. The headquarters of the organization, based in Baar (Switzerland). The company owns 90% stake in Tajik company Somon Oil.
The company is currently developing a field in Albania, Kyrgyzstan, Chile and begin exploration in Tajikistan. In the central Asian partner is an Australian oil and gas company Santos.
In addition to Somon Oil in oil and gas industry are also working JSC "Zarubezhneftegaz" (Gazprom, Russia), Tethys Petroleum Ltd (Norway). Major oil and gas production in Tajikistan has not yet underway, and the vast majority of energy is imported from neighboring Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Russia.
