Afghanistan drills oil for first time

[Mark in Oshawa]

I'm absolutely asstounded, oil in Afghanistan?? What are the chances of that?

I bet that was a nice little surprise when they discovered that.

It may mean when that country starts looking like one that doesn't need NATO troops to protect itself, it can afford to buy really good stuff...lol

Or they could just fight over it....but of course the dirty little secret is nations in civil strife tend not to produce a lot of oil.

[schmenke]

Generally, one barrel of crude produces roughly 20 US gallons of fuel (petrol), slightly more for diesel. The ratios vary with the specific gravity of the crude ("heavy" vs. "light") as well as the distillation process.

In case anyone is interested