{"article":{"annotation":{"article_id":"afghanistan-kushk-tirpul-gas-exploration-contract","available_at":"2026-10-07T12:59:47.405436Z","geography_revision":"ef6ee0010dda5fe7b240fd514749b43e214c57da73222d2e40ec83b276dd0977","id":"6b2e7601d9a3bc6447dab64bd7258ae76120e01de38b1f44773a8c857453a671","input_sha256":"c5c3f4accef67a659e3ff4e6e48a2cd4339201abb37c03b02b1158fe3a42168e","limitations":["Rule-derived subjects are candidates, not verified editorial labels or calibrated model probabilities.","Coverage is distinct from event location. 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A 12 September announcement by the deputy prime minister’s office said the company would initially invest $200 million in seven gas blocks in the Kushk area.","The announcement says the basin lies between Herat and Badghis provinces and covers about 22,000 square kilometres. This is an exploration and extraction contract; the initial amount is not reported production revenue or completed investment."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"AF","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"القيمة الواردة في الإعلان الرسمي بتاريخ 12 سبتمبر 2026؛ ووصف المصدر مساحة الحوض بنحو 22 ألف كيلومتر مربع.","de":"Betrag laut offizieller Mitteilung vom 12. 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Arama, üretime başlamış veya tamamlanmış yatırım olarak tanımlanmıyor."},"sourceUrls":["https://dpmea.gov.af/1405-English-News-65"],"title":{"ar":"الاستثمار الأولي لسبع كتل غاز في كشك","de":"Anfangsinvestition für sieben Gasblöcke in Kushk","en":"Initial investment for seven gas blocks in Kushk","es":"Inversión inicial para siete bloques de gas en Kushk","fr":"Investissement initial pour sept blocs gaziers de Kushk","pt":"Investimento inicial em sete blocos de gás em Kushk","tr":"Kushk bölgesindeki yedi gaz bloğu için ilk yatırım"},"type":"metrics","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T08:53:56Z"}],"version":1},"data_downloads":[{"formats":{"csv":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/afghanistan-kushk-tirpul-gas-exploration-contract/data/article-data?lang=en&format=csv","json":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/afghanistan-kushk-tirpul-gas-exploration-contract/data/article-data?lang=en&format=json"},"id":"article-data"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"editorial_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of oil and gas infrastructure and information flows.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-oil-gas","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/oil-gas-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/oil-gas-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/oil-gas-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/oil-gas-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/oil-gas-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"topic","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/oil-gas-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/oil-gas-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/oil-gas-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/oil-gas-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"event_id":"event-a7b71e84-1da6-575d-a0eb-e1154a6f638c","event_period":"2026-09-07","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","id":"afghanistan-kushk-tirpul-gas-exploration-contract","image":null,"importance":0.6,"language":"en","modified_at":"2026-10-07T12:59:35+00:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","published_at":"2026-10-07T12:59:35+00:00","reading_minutes":1,"region":"world","section_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of electricity generation, storage and connected data.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-energy","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"section","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"slug":"afghanistan-kushk-tirpul-gas-exploration-contract","sources":[{"checkedAt":"2026-10-07","name":"Afghanistan Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs","publishedAt":"2026-09-12","url":"https://dpmea.gov.af/1405-English-News-65"}],"summary":"Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum and Saudi Arabia-based Delta International Company signed an exploration and extraction contract for the Kushk–Tirpul basin on 7 September. 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