The Dailekh Petroleum Investigation Project undertaken by the Chinese Government and the Department of Mines and Geology under the supervision of the Nepali government is set to enter the second stage of petroleum investigation following the Local Level elections.

“The Chinese delegation awaits permission from the Chinese Government, we’ve also asked them to avoid the limbo of the elections and begin work after the local level elections to avoid any transportation or logistics-related hassle,” informs Sudhir Rajaure, Director General of the Department of Mines and Geology.

The Chinese Geology team, which has undertaken the task of conducting drilling research activities in the Dailekh region to verify the initial fact-finding mission that concluded the presence of Petroleum in Dailekh was supposed to begin work in 2019. However, due to COVID, the research team had to return home and haven’t been able to come back to finish the task yet.