Gas from new well being supplied to national grid

Natural gas from a new well Titas-21 is now being supplied to national gas grid, easing the country's energy crisis.
Russian gas major Gazprom, drilled the new well, which is now supplying around 15 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas.
The well has the potential to produce around 25 mmcfd of natural gas for the national gas grid, a senior Petrobangla official said.
Gazprom International, the specialised company for the implementation of OJSC Gazprom's foreign projects, completed testing of the Titas-21 gas well in October 2013, which was drilled to a depth of 3,545 metres.
The construction of the well, located at the Titas field, 95 km north-east of Dhaka, took one and a half months and was completed on December 20.
Gazprom has moved its rig to the next drilling point at Titas-22 well to carry out drilling at a projected depth of 4,063 metres.
Gazprom earlier completed drilling its third onshore gas well-Begumganj 3-- in November last year and completed test supply of natural gas at around 19 mmcfd.
But natural gas production from the well was not yet started due to non-completion of the construction work to install processing plant and transmission pipelines, Petrobangla official said.
With Titas-21, the Russian firm has completed drilling its fourth well as a contractor under its 10-well drilling programme in different state-run gas fields owned by three subsidiary gas companies of state-owned Petrobangla.
It initiated the drilling on July 27, 2013.
Gazprom found first gas in Bangladesh in May 2013 when it was testing Srikail-3 onshore well, located in Comilla some 86 km southeast from the capital.
Gazprom is the first foreign company in operation in Bangladesh on a contract basis.
Other international oil companies active in Bangladesh operate under production sharing contracts or under joint venture with Bapex, he said.
The Russian company inked deals with Petrobangla subsidiaries Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Ltd (BGFCL), Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd, or SGFL, and Bapex on April 26, 2012 to drill 10 development wells across six gas fields at a total cost of $193.5 million.
Gazprom's contracts cover construction of the drilling pad, camp warehouse and site preparation, rig shifting and commissioning, procurement of drilling materials, engagement of third party services, drilling, testing and commissioning and insurance.
In accordance with the signed agreements, the Russian side will design and build ten wells: at the fields of Titas (four wells), Rashidpur, Semutang, Begumganj, Srikail, and Shahbazpur (two wells), at depths ranging from 2,900 to 4,050 metres.
Eight wells will be inclined and two will be vertical.
This work will take over eighteen months to complete.
Gazprom has brought in two drilling rigs to complete the drilling of onshore gas wells in Bangladesh.
Petrobangla awarded Gazprom the contract to the develop the wells after Polish oil and gas explorer Poszukiwania Nastyi Gazu Krakow backed out after being selected in a competitive tender.
The country subsequently passed a law that bypasses the tender process and prevents deals inked under the new law from being challenged in court.