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TTajikistan produces oil. There are 28 registered oil fields in the country, and proven reserves amount to about 2.2 million tonnes. In the first half of 2022, oil production amounted to about 12,700 tonnes, which is 3.2% more than in the same period in 2021. Oil production is carried out in the south of Tajikistan, where consortiums of foreign companies such as Canada’s Tethys Petroleum, France’s Total and China’s CNPC operate.

Some of the produced oil is processed at local mini-refineries and some is exported to Kyrgyzstan to the oil refinery in Jalal-Abad. There are 21 small oil refineries and mini-refineries operating in Tajikistan. No more than ten of them operate continuously.

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