Gas extraction from Bhola field begins

BHOLA, Jan 27: Gas extraction from the new gas field, Bhola North-1, began on Saturday afternoon on an experimental basis. This is the 2nd gas field in the district and 27th in the country. The gas extraction began with lighting a fire through DST-1 in Majhirhat village under Bhola Sadar upazila when top officials of Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex), including its managing director Md Nowshad Islam, were present. Around 20-25 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas will be produced from the well, the Bapex chief said. — UNB