Jowzjan Province
Work on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline is ongoing. Natural gas reserves were once estimated at 140 billion cubic metres. Production started in 1967 with 342 million cubic metres but had risen to 2.6 billion cubic metres by 1995. In 1991, a new gas field was discovered in Chekhcha, Jowzjan Province. Natural gas was also produced at Sheberghan and Sar-e Pol. Natural gas was Afghanistan's only economically significant export in 1995, going mainly to Uzbekistan via pipelines from northern Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by Junbish-i-Milli. As of 2002, other operational gas fields were located at Djarquduk, Khowaja Gogerdak, and Yatimtaq, all in Jowzjan Province. In 2002, natural gas production was .