The roster of bidders eager to work the Afghan-Tajik Basin suggests rapid development of Afghanistan's oil and gas sector

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Seven energy companies have joined Exxon Mobil Corp, of the US, in seeking to bid for the right to explore for oil and gas in the Afghan-Tajik Basin in northern Afghanistan, according to a release issued 4 July by that country's Ministry of Mines. The other firms identified as having submitted "expressions of interest" are: Dubai-based Dragon Oil Plc; Kuwait Energy Co; India's ONGC Videsh Ltd; Petra Energia SA, of Brazil; Pakistan Petroleum Ltd; PTT Exploration & Production, of Thailand; and Turkey's TPAO.