Gas production from Bangura well starts
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
M Azizur Rahman
Gas production from a new well in Bangura gasfield located in Comilla commenced Monday much to the relief of gas-starved Chittagong region and other areas which would benefit from the fresh supply, officials said.
The Irish oil company Tullow Oil-operated Bangura gas field is now supplying additional 30 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) from its newly built third well.
"Bangura started supplying additional gas amounting to 30 mmcfd today of which 10 mmcfd will be supplied to Chittagong," Petrobangla chairman Jalal Ahmed told the FE Monday.
The new gas production from Bangura gas field would help mitigate the mounting gas crisis in the port city, he said.
Scores of industrial units which have already invested substantially in their projects in and around Chittagong could not start operation due to lack of gas as the authorities concerned has stopped giving new connections since November last year.
With Monday's additional production Bangura's total gas production reached 100 mmcfd against the country's total gas production of 1800 mmcfd.
The Bakhrabad Gas System Limited (BGSL) has already been asked to take necessary steps for providing new gas connections to gas-starved industries in the port city.
The remaining 20 mmcfd gas from the additional 30 mmcfd would be supplied elsewhere to feed the mounting demands in industries, Petrobangla officials said.
Bangura gasfield, located at Comilla and the latest gas reserve to be discovered by the country, has been supplying 70 mmcfd of gas from its two wells until Sunday last.
Riding on the potentials of Bangura gas field the caretaker government in July announced to supply gas to the fuel-starved industrial units on priority basis starting from September.
The BGSL also short-listed the industrial units that will get supply on priority basis, the company insiders said.
"The government has assured us of supplying new gas to industries from October," vice president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCCI) Mahbub Alam told the FE Monday.
The CCCI has received applications numbering as many as 39 from the industrial units outside the export processing zone (EPZ) that already have invested heavily, but yet to start operation, Alam said.
Together, these plants, including soybean refinery, paper mills, garment and textile plants and CNG filling stations, have invested at least Tk 10 billion and are counting interests every month for failing to go into operation in due time.
He, however, alleged that the industrial units are yet to get any official correspondence regarding the new connections to their respective units.
Gas production from a new well in Bangura gasfield located in Comilla commenced Monday much to the relief of gas-starved Chittagong region and other areas which would benefit from the fresh supply, officials said.
The Irish oil company Tullow Oil-operated Bangura gas field is now supplying additional 30 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) from its newly built third well.
"Bangura started supplying additional gas amounting to 30 mmcfd today of which 10 mmcfd will be supplied to Chittagong," Petrobangla chairman Jalal Ahmed told the FE Monday.
The new gas production from Bangura gas field would help mitigate the mounting gas crisis in the port city, he said.
Scores of industrial units which have already invested substantially in their projects in and around Chittagong could not start operation due to lack of gas as the authorities concerned has stopped giving new connections since November last year.
With Monday's additional production Bangura's total gas production reached 100 mmcfd against the country's total gas production of 1800 mmcfd.
The Bakhrabad Gas System Limited (BGSL) has already been asked to take necessary steps for providing new gas connections to gas-starved industries in the port city.
The remaining 20 mmcfd gas from the additional 30 mmcfd would be supplied elsewhere to feed the mounting demands in industries, Petrobangla officials said.
Bangura gasfield, located at Comilla and the latest gas reserve to be discovered by the country, has been supplying 70 mmcfd of gas from its two wells until Sunday last.
Riding on the potentials of Bangura gas field the caretaker government in July announced to supply gas to the fuel-starved industrial units on priority basis starting from September.
The BGSL also short-listed the industrial units that will get supply on priority basis, the company insiders said.
"The government has assured us of supplying new gas to industries from October," vice president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCCI) Mahbub Alam told the FE Monday.
The CCCI has received applications numbering as many as 39 from the industrial units outside the export processing zone (EPZ) that already have invested heavily, but yet to start operation, Alam said.
Together, these plants, including soybean refinery, paper mills, garment and textile plants and CNG filling stations, have invested at least Tk 10 billion and are counting interests every month for failing to go into operation in due time.
He, however, alleged that the industrial units are yet to get any official correspondence regarding the new connections to their respective units.