NOAKHALI NEWS
Dhaka, Mar 17 State-run gas and oil exploration company Bapex has started feeding gas to the national grid from Sundalpur field in Noakhali.
"On experimental basis, 10 million cubic feet of gas is being supplied to the national grid from a single well of the field," Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) chairman professor Hossain Mansur told on Saturday.
He hopes to increase the gas supply up to 15 million cubic feet (mmcf) in the near future.
"It is a huge achievement," he said mentioning that Bapex, an associate organisation of Petrobangla, has finally supplied gas from a new field after a 15-year gap.
Mansur said the new gas added to the grid will be directed to Chittagong where it can be used for generating power and in the industries.
At present, the total daily gas production stands at 2 mmcf against a demand of 2.5 mmcf - a daily shortage of 500 mmcf.
On Dec 21, 2010 Bapex (Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited) started digging a well to explore oil or gas at the 3.5-acre field at Shahzadpur village of Companyganj upazila in the district.
After around eight months of exploration, on Aug 17 last year, Bapex found the new reserves and started experimental extraction.
For the first time in the country's history, Bapex found gas just 1,400 metres below the surface at Sundalpur.
With the Sundalpur field, now there are 24 gas fields and 82 wells in the country.
'Sundalpur Oil, Gas exploration Well Digging' project director Abdul Halim told bdnews24.com: "The Sundalpur field has an estimated reserve of 50 billion cubic feet. The well falls under a channel where we have plans to dig another well. There are possibilities of greater gas reserves there."
Including Sundalpur, Bapex has so far discovered three gas fields in the country. In 1995, it found gas in Shahbazpur of Bhola, and at Salda of Brahmanbaria in 1996.
"On experimental basis, 10 million cubic feet of gas is being supplied to the national grid from a single well of the field," Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) chairman professor Hossain Mansur told on Saturday.
He hopes to increase the gas supply up to 15 million cubic feet (mmcf) in the near future.
"It is a huge achievement," he said mentioning that Bapex, an associate organisation of Petrobangla, has finally supplied gas from a new field after a 15-year gap.
Mansur said the new gas added to the grid will be directed to Chittagong where it can be used for generating power and in the industries.
At present, the total daily gas production stands at 2 mmcf against a demand of 2.5 mmcf - a daily shortage of 500 mmcf.
On Dec 21, 2010 Bapex (Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited) started digging a well to explore oil or gas at the 3.5-acre field at Shahzadpur village of Companyganj upazila in the district.
After around eight months of exploration, on Aug 17 last year, Bapex found the new reserves and started experimental extraction.
For the first time in the country's history, Bapex found gas just 1,400 metres below the surface at Sundalpur.
With the Sundalpur field, now there are 24 gas fields and 82 wells in the country.
'Sundalpur Oil, Gas exploration Well Digging' project director Abdul Halim told bdnews24.com: "The Sundalpur field has an estimated reserve of 50 billion cubic feet. The well falls under a channel where we have plans to dig another well. There are possibilities of greater gas reserves there."
Including Sundalpur, Bapex has so far discovered three gas fields in the country. In 1995, it found gas in Shahbazpur of Bhola, and at Salda of Brahmanbaria in 1996.
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