United News of Bangladesh

Gas supply to the national grid resumed on Monday morning from Well No. 3 of the Rashidpur gas field in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj, following renovation work. Surman Bikash Das, deputy general manager of Rashidpur Gas Field, said around 8 million cubic feet of gas will be supplied daily from the well. Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex) began the renovation of the decades-old well on July 12, completing the work at a cost of approximately Tk 73 crore. Titas cuts off 2,370 illegal gas connections in 3 cities Following this, a new gas layer was discovered on September 5. Officials estimate the newly accessed layer could yield about 25.55 billion cubic feet of gas over the next 10 years. Condensate will also be extracted as a by-product. Currently, an average of 62 million cubic feet of gas is being supplied daily to the national grid from 7 of the 11 wells in the Rashidpur gas field.    

Industries will get an additional gas supply of 250 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) from the existing system. Energy Adviser Dr. Fouzul Kabir Khan announced this after a meeting with the leaders of the business sector at his office in the Power and Energy Ministry on Wednesday. He said 150 mmcfd gas will be curtailed from the power sector while 100 mmcfd will be added from the import of four extra LNG cargoes. The power sector is currently getting 1200 mmcfd gas from Petrobangla. He admitted that this step will lead to a decline in power generation. “But we will run more liquid fuel-based power plants to increase the power generation,” he told reporters after the meeting. He also noted that the government will take measures to increase the gas supply through enhancement of local production and import. “We’ll import four more LNG cargoes in addition to the existing annual plan,” he said. Currently, Petrobangla supplies a total of about 2740 mmcfd of gas through production from local fields and imported LNG. Push-ins must follow formal channels: Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Of this, about 1,700 mmcfd gas comes from local fields and the remaining 1000 mmcfd comes from imported LNG. The adviser said that the meeting took a number of decisions including that Titas Gas and industrial investors’ leaders will set up a joint taskforce to oversee and check the illegal use of gas by industries. Besides, the government and industry leaders will identify the industrial areas to increase the gas supply. He said the government has been drilling 100 wells which will add about 500 mmcfd gas in the next two years. Former FBCCI president AK Azad led the business leaders’ delegation.

Vast areas in the capital and its outskirts may experience low pressure in gas supply for 12 hours from Wednesday to Thursday. According to Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC, due to urgent maintenance work at its Aminbazar DRS, there may be low gas pressure from 6 pm  on Wednesday (April 2) to 6 am on Thursday (April 3) at in the areas in Dhaka Metropolitan including Aminbazar, Mirpur, both sides of Mirpur Road, Shyamoli, Adabor, Agargaon, Mohammadpur, Lalmatia, Dhanmondi, Hazaribagh, Kamrangirchar, Keraniganj (from Kholamura to Kalatia, Hazratpur), Hatirpool, Farmgate, Azimpur, New Market, Lalbagh, Shahbagh, and surrounding areas. Consumers may face low gas pressure in Dhaka Tuesday, Wednesday The similar low pressure will prevail in Savar and Hemayetpur areas in the outskirts of the capital. The authorities sincerely apologise for the temporary inconvenience, said the Titas Gas PLC.

Gas supply will remain suspended for 8 hours in the northern part of Dhaka on Thursday. According to Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC, gas supply will remain off to all types of customers in Nikunja-1, Nikunja-2, Khilkhet area, Concord City (up to the riverbank), Namapara, and the surrounding areas will remain suspended for a total of eight hours from 6 am to 2 pm on Thursday for the removal of underground gas pipelines for MRT Line-1. Gas supply to remain off for 6 hours in parts of capital on Sunday The consumers in the adjoining areas may experience low pressure in gas supply during this period, said Titas Gas, regretting to its customers for the temporary inconvenience.

Gas supply will remain suspended for 6 hours in different areas in the northern part of the capital on Sunday. Gas supply will remain off for all kinds of consumers from 8 am to 2 pm (six hours) in the adjacent areas from Kamarpara Bridge to Balaka Bhaban on Sunday for the relocation of existing gas pipelines to facilitate the construction works of the MRT Line-1 under Dhaka Mass Transport Company Limited, said Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC. Gas supply to remain off for 10 hrs in parts of Dhaka Thursday Consumers in the adjacent areas, including all sectors in Uttara, Uttarkhan, and Dakkhin Khan, may experience low pressure in gas supply, said the Titas Gas authority, regretting the temporary inconvenience to its customers. Top business leaders urge BERC to reject proposal on raising gas price

Gas supply will remain off for 13 hours in different areas in the northern part of Dhaka city. According to a notice of the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC, the areas where gas supply will remain suspended for all categories of customers from 1 pm on Thursday to 2 am on Friday include Kurmitola Hospital, Hotel Radisson, RPGCL, Dhaka Regency Hotel, Khilkhet area, Concord City (up to river bank), Hotel La Meridian, Balaka Bhaban, Haji Camp, Catering House at Kaola, and Civil Aviation Quarter. Low pressure in gas supply may prevail in the adjacent areas including Joar Sahara, and Nikunja, said the Titas Gas, regretting the temporary inconvenience to its consumers.

Gas supply will remain suspended for 12 hours in Monohardi upazila in Narsingdi and Kishoreganj on Wednesday. According to Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC, the gas supply will remain off for 12 hours from 6 pm on Wednesday to 6 am on Thursday in Kishoreganj district and Monohardi upazila due to modification works of the gas metering stations. Gas supply likely to improve this evening in Dhaka city, elsewhere During the period, low pressure in gas supply may prevail in Narsingdi district, eastern part of Dhaka City, Kaliganj, Jaydevpur, Konabari, Chandra and adjacent areas, said the Titas Gas regretting the inconvenience of its consumers. Gas supply to be low countrywide for 72 hours from Wednesday

Gas supply is expected to improve from Saturday evening in Dhaka city and elsewhere as a floating LNG Terminal resumed operation from 7 am on Saturday after three days of suspension. “We hope, gas supply situation will improve by this evening”, Eng Md Rafiqul Islam, Director (Operation & Mines) told UNB. He said the resumption of supply from the LNG terminal will increase gas supply by 210 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd). He said the country’s two LNG terminals will together supply 780 mmcfd against their capacity of 1100 mmcfd. “It means there is still shortage of 320 mmcfd,” he said adding that the nagging gas crisis will not be fully resolved soon. Gas supply to be low countrywide for 72 hours from Wednesday A top official of Petrobangla said that the two LNG terminals need at least 10 cargoes for the month of January but so far 7 cargoes are confirmed for supply. The consumers in Dhaka city and elsewhere have been experiencing acute gas crisis for last several months. But situation severely deteriorated from Wednesday last when one LNG Terminal, operated by Excelerate Energy, went on repair and maintenance work. Petrobangla in a press release had said that countrywide low pressure will prevail in gas supply for 72 hours (3 days) from January 1 to January 4 due to suspension of operation of a LNG station, known as floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU). Currently, the country has two FSRUs which supply about 1000-1100 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) of the total gas production of 2900 MMCFD. Meanwhile, consumers in many areas in the city alleged that they are not getting gas to cook. Gas supply to halt for 11 hours Wednesday in parts of Dhaka city Abdur Rahman, a resident of Rayerbazar area, said,” We suffer all the year round due to short supply of gas but the situation turned worse in the last three days. Now we have to buy food as we have no gas to cook.” Aysha Chowdhury, a resident of Malinagh area and Jahanara of Shantinagar area also expressed anger for the suffering they have been enduring for the last of days for poor supply of gas.

Countrywide low pressure will prevail in gas supply for 72 hours (3 days) from January 1 to January 4 due to suspension of operation of a LNG station, known as floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU). Due to repair and maintenance work of one FSRU, the pressure in gas supply will remain low for 72 hours from January 1 across the country, said Petrobangla in a statement regretting the temporary inconvenience to the customers during the period. Currently, the country has two FSRUs which supply about 1000-1100 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) of the total gas production of 2900 MMCFD. Gas supply to halt for 11 hours Wednesday in parts of Dhaka city Of the two FSRUs, one can supply 500 MMCFD gas and another 600 MMCFD gas.

Gas supply will remain suspended for 11 hours on Wednesday at different areas in the city for maintenance work in the gas pipeline at Titas affiliated 59/F, West Rajabazar. According to Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC, the areas where gas supply will stop from 9 am to 8 on January 01 (Wednesday) for all kinds of customers include West Rajabazar, Indira Road, and Shukrabad area. Illegal gas connections in Savar disconnected, fine imposed In addition, low gas pressure may prevail in the surrounding areas, said the Titas regretting the temporary inconvenience to its customers.