Request For Expression Of Interest For Gas Specialist International

Request For Expression Of Interest For Gas Specialist International Extractives For Development ProjectThe Development Of Indigenous Gas Resources Offers Immediate Opportunities For Increased Energy Access And Security Especially In Reinforcing The Deployment Of Variable Intermittent Renewable Energy Hydrocarbons Meet A Longer Term Goal To Increase Afghanistan S Integration Into Regional Central South Asia Development Initiatives Including Projects Such As The Tapi Tajikistan Afghanistan Pakistan India Pipeline Since 2002 The Momp Has Made Repeated Attempts To Establish And Sustain An Enabling Environment For Private Commercial Sector Investment Targeting Further Exploration And Development Of Previously Producing Fields Internationally Bid Rounds Confirmed Investor Interest But Unaddressed Impediments To Investment Across The Full Gas Value Chain Remain After A Decade Of Efforts Afghanistan Has Yet To Demonstrate A Fully Integrated Proof Of Concept Investment Developing And Delivering Gas To Credit Worthy Customers Available Hydrocarbon Resources Afghanistan S Hydrocarbon Potential Extends Well Beyond The Limited Exploratory And Development Work Carried Out To Date On The Amu Darya Prospects In The North The Country Presents Five Major And One Minor Sedimentary Basins All Of Which Are Substantially Underexplored Exploration Activities Have So Far Been Largely Confined To Northern Afghanistan Within The Amu Darya And Afghan Tajik Basins Limited Exploration In The Tirpul Basin Herat Province Confirmed The Presence Of Hydrocarbon Resources While The Katawaz And Helmand Basins Have No Reported Shows Likely Owing To Negligible Or No Exploratory Work The Kushka Basin Also Still Largely Unexplored Constitutes An Extension Of The Highly Prolific Amu Darya Home To Giant And Super Giant Fields In Turkmenistan And Uzbekistan Including Turkmenistan S Galkynysh Field One Of The Largest In The World The Absence Of Sufficiently Comprehensive Geological And Geophysical Data Has Contributed To Hampering The Goa S Efforts To Attract Foreign Capital For Exploration And Development Reserve Assessment More Recently July 2016 An Assessment Of Existing Field Production Data And Contingent Resources For The Known Gas Fields Was Conducted Under Usaid S Sheberghan Gas Development Program Sgdp Mcdaniel Associates Consultants Ltd Was Subcontracted To Appraise All Existing Data And To Prepare Reserve Estimates In Accordance With The Petroleum Resource Management System Prms The International Standard For Reserve Evaluation Mcdaniel Conducted A Resource Assessment Of Seven Fields Jarquduq Khoja Gogerdak Yatimtaq Khoja Bolan Juma Bashikurd And Shakarak The Company Was Unable To Produce A Report For The Jangalikolon And Chekhche Fields Due To Lack Of Data Mcdaniel S 2C Or Best Case Estimate Of Gas Resources In The Sheberghan Area Implying A 50 Probability Of Recovery And Roughly Equivalent To Gustavson S Mean Probabilistic Estimate Of 2005 Indicate That After Decades In Production Remaining Resources Are Approximately Equivalent To 30 Of Those In Gustavson S 2005 Report And Highlight The Urgent Need To Stimulate Exploratory Activities In Afghanistan Mcdaniel S 1C Or Low Case Estimate Implying At Least A 90 Probability Of Recovery Would Be Adequate To Support A Stable Supply Of Natural Gas At Current Production Volumes And For Proof Of Concept Gas Based Power Generation Subject However To Substantial Investments In Field Production Gathering And Processing Capacity Usaid Mcdaniel Assessment Contingent Resources 2C Bcm 2C Tcf 1C Tcf 3C Tcf Khoja Gogerdak Khoja Bolan Jangali Kalan

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