Gas found at a new location in Noakhali’s Begumganj

Initially 10-15 MMCFD of gas to be produced per day from Begumganj gas field

Dhaka, Aug 13 - Gas has been found at a new location in Begumganj gas field through drilling a well.

According to state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex), the testing results in the Begumganj-4 (West) well are showing a good prospect for the gas field.

“We hope, initially it will produce 10-15 million cubic feet (MMCFD) of gas per day,” Bapex Managing Director Md Shoyeb told UNB.

He informed that gas was found at the new location at three separate layers of the field during drilling that went to a depth of 3113 meters. The distance of the new location is about 2.5 km from the existing well which has been producing 8-10 MMCFD of gas.

Bapex Managing Director noted that gas structures were identified at 3081 meter, 2500 meter and 1900 meter. “But now we're producing from the layer at 3081-3055 meter.”

He, however, said it will take 3-4 months to take the gas to the national grid as construction of a new pipeline will be required.

Over 200 engineers, officials, employees, and labourers from the state-owned organisation Bapex are engaged in the work of digging wells and extracting gas near Wasekpur village in Ambarnagar union of Sonaimuri upazila under Noakhali district.-UNB