Afghanistan has made efforts to extract and produce crude oil in recent years. According to reports, daily crude oil production in Afghanistan has reached about 8,000 barrels.
However, this production covers only a small part of the country’s domestic needs. Accurate information on the daily consumption of oil and gas in Afghanistan is not available, but given the country’s dependence on imported petroleum products, it can be concluded that domestic consumption is much higher than domestic production. For example, in 2009, daily oil consumption in Afghanistan was estimated at about 5,000 barrels. Given population growth and economic development since then, daily oil consumption is likely to have increased.
In total, the current production of crude oil in Afghanistan cannot meet all domestic needs and the country remains dependent on oil and gas imports.
If we assume that the daily consumption of oil in Afghanistan is at least 50,000 barrels (which seems reasonable based on the economic growth trend and the country’s increasing needs) and domestic production is about 8,000 barrels per day, then:
Estimated if there is 8,000 barrels of production and consumption is 50,000 barrels
Estimated is 16 percent of domestic production.
Therefore, domestic production of Afghan oil covers about 16% of the country’s consumption needs and the rest is met through imports
