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List of natural gas fields in Bangladesh

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Currently there are 28 natural gas fields in Bangladesh.[1] The first gas field was discovered at Haripur, Sylhet in 1955 and the last gas field was discovered in the 2017 at Bhola.[2] Titas gas field is the largest natural gas field in Bangladesh. It was invented by the Pakistan Shell Oil Company in Brahmanbaria in the year 1962. The first gas transmission was started in 1957.

List

natural gas field
No. Name Year Location discovered by Total reserves Extractable Extract remaining
1 Haripur gas field 1955 Sylhet Burmah Oil 40404 0.266 0.158 0.108
2 Chhatak Gas Field 1959[3] Sunamganj Burmah oil 1.900 1.140 0.029 1.113
3 Rashidpur gas field 1960 Habiganj Pakistan Shell Oil Company 2.242 1.309 0.080 1.227
4 Kailashtila gas field 1962 Sylhet Pakistan Shell Oil Company 3.657 2.529 0.108 2.421
5 Titas gas field 1962 Brahmanbaria Pakistan Shell Oil Company 4.132 2.100 0.353 1.747
6 Habiganj gas field 1963 Habiganj Pakistan Shell Oil Company 3.669 1.895 0.567 1.328
7 Semutang gas field 1969 Khagrachhari OGDC 0.164 0.098 0.098
8 Bakhrabad gas field 1969 Comilla Pakistan Shell Oil Company 1.432 0.867 0.501 0.366
9 Kutubdia gas field 1977 Cox's Bazar Union Oil 0.780 0.468 0.468
10 Begumganj gas field 1977 Noakhali District Petrobangla 0.025 0.014 0.014
11 Beanibazar gas field 1981 Sylhet Petrobangla 0.243 0.113 0.113
12 Feni gas field 1981 Feni District Petrobangla 0.132 0.080 0.036 0.044
13 Kamta gas field 1981 Gazipur Petrobangla 0.325 0.195 0.021 0.174
14 Jalalabad gas field 1989 Sylhet simiter 1.500 0.900 0.900
15 Kulaura gas field 1989 Moulvibazar Petrobangla 0.350 0.210 0.210
16 Meghna gas field 1990 Narsingdi Petrobangla 0.194 0.126 0.004 0.080
17 Narsingdi gas field 1990 Narsingdi Petrobangla 159 111 29.03 81.97
18 Shahbazpur gas field 1995 Bhola BAPEX 0.504 0.333 0.333
19 Sangu gas field 1996 Chittagong Cairn Energy 1.031 0.848
20 Salda gas field 1996 Brahmanbaria BAPEX 20000 0.140 0.140
21 Moulvibazar gas field 1997 Moulvibazar UNICOL 0.147 0.110 0.110
22 Bibiyana gas field 1998 Habiganj UNICOL 2.4 1.77 1.77
23 Lalmai gas field 2005 Comilla Tallo
24 Bangura gas field 2005 Comilla BAPEX 457
25 Sundalpur gas field 2011 Noakhali BAPEX
26 Sunetra gas field 2011 Sunamganj, Netrokona BAPEX
27 Srikail gas field 2012 Comilla BAPEX
28 Pabna gas field 2017 Mubarakpur,sathiya,Pabna BAPEX
29 Bhola north-1 2017 Shahbajpur,Bhola BAPEX 1.5 trillion
30 Jokigonj 2021 Jokigonj, Sylhet BAPEX 68 billion approx

See also

References

  1. ^ UNB, Dhaka (9 August 2021). "Bangladesh announces 28th gas field in Sylhet's Zakiganj". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ "ইয়াছিন গ্যাসক্ষেত্রের সন্ধান". bonikbarta. Retrieved 17 Oct 2018.
  3. ^ Sirajul Islam, ed. (Jan 2003). banglapedia (in Bengali). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. Retrieved 7 April 2020.