Titas gas well shut due to water seepage, supply hit
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
FE Report
A Titas gas well producing 20 million cubic feet a day (mmcfd) was shut down Monday morning after water entered into the structure, which has caused a further supply crunch across the country, officials said.
Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Ltd (BGFCL) officials said they have forced to suspend production from well-12 in Brahmanbaria district after water was coming out with gas.
The production of the gas field has come down to 400mmcf per day from its actual capacity 420mmcf from its 14 wells after the setback.
Technicians of the BGFCL are trying to repair the damage caused by water flow into the well, managing director of the BGFCL Nurul Islam said.
Titas Filed of the BGFCL, the country's largest gas producing company, has become vulnerable after the well-3 blow-up in 2006 and the subsequent failure to check the seepage.
In early 2008, BGFCL spent $10.2 million on sealing the gas leakage from well-3.
Geologists assume that the Titas Field has been losing one to five mmcf of gas per day since the start of the leakage in 2006.
BGFCL has again invited tender to engage an international firm control the seepage in the well.
Mr. Nurul Islam said they have augmented gas production by 8.0mmcfd from the reaming 13 wells in the Titas Field after shutting down the well-12 in a bid to minimise the supply gap.
Titas of BGFCL is the largest gas field in the country with its reserve of 5.13 trillion cubic feet (TCF) gas and second largest gas producing field supplying 420mmcf per day from its wells.
A Titas gas well producing 20 million cubic feet a day (mmcfd) was shut down Monday morning after water entered into the structure, which has caused a further supply crunch across the country, officials said.
Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Ltd (BGFCL) officials said they have forced to suspend production from well-12 in Brahmanbaria district after water was coming out with gas.
The production of the gas field has come down to 400mmcf per day from its actual capacity 420mmcf from its 14 wells after the setback.
Technicians of the BGFCL are trying to repair the damage caused by water flow into the well, managing director of the BGFCL Nurul Islam said.
Titas Filed of the BGFCL, the country's largest gas producing company, has become vulnerable after the well-3 blow-up in 2006 and the subsequent failure to check the seepage.
In early 2008, BGFCL spent $10.2 million on sealing the gas leakage from well-3.
Geologists assume that the Titas Field has been losing one to five mmcf of gas per day since the start of the leakage in 2006.
BGFCL has again invited tender to engage an international firm control the seepage in the well.
Mr. Nurul Islam said they have augmented gas production by 8.0mmcfd from the reaming 13 wells in the Titas Field after shutting down the well-12 in a bid to minimise the supply gap.
Titas of BGFCL is the largest gas field in the country with its reserve of 5.13 trillion cubic feet (TCF) gas and second largest gas producing field supplying 420mmcf per day from its wells.