Habiganj Gas Field

Habiganj Gas Field (Bengali: হবিগঞ্জ গ্যাসক্ষেত্র) is a natural gas field located in Habiganj district of Bangladesh.[1] It is controlled by Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited.[2]

Habiganj Gas Field
Location of Habiganj Gas Field
CountryBangladesh
RegionHabiganj
Offshore/onshoreonshore
Coordinates24.14°N 91.22°E / 24.14; 91.22
OperatorBangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited
Field history
Discovery1963

Location

Habiganj gas field is located in Madhabpur upazila, Habiganj district, Sylhet division,[1] which is about 100 km northeast of Dhaka.[3] It covers an area of 11 km long and 4.5 km wide.[4]

Discovery

Pakistan Shell Oil Company discovered the gas field in 1963.[3]

Excavations and wells

From this gas field, ten wells ranging from a depth of 5,100 feet to 11,500 feet were excavated in a vertical way, and another at a depth of 11,552 feet, excavated in a perpendicular way, of which gas was extracted at different times, which are situated 4,357 to 9,910 feet under the ground.[5]

Stock and extraction

It is one of the largest gas fields in the country.[4] According to Petrobangla's estimation, the total reserves of gas extracted is 2,787 billion cubic feet (BCF).[3] The gas extraction was started since 1968, but due to the presence of excessive water, the production of gas was hampered from its four wells;[3] currently, an average of 225 million cubic feet of gas is being extracted daily.[6] At present, the gas field has only 345.5 billion cubic feet of gas remaining.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited". Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. "বাংলাদেশ গ্যাস ফিল্ডস্ কোং লি:, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া : এক নজরে". Department of Ministry, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (in Bengali). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 21 Aug 2019.
  3. "বাংলাদেশ গ্যাস ফিল্ডস্ কোং লি:, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া : হবিগঞ্জ গ্যাস ফিল্ড". Department of Ministry, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (in Bengali). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 21 Aug 2019.
  4. Bodrul Imam (2012). "Natural gas". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. হবিগঞ্জ গ্যাস ফিল্ডের কূপসমূহ।
  6. "হবিগঞ্জ গ্যাস ফিল্ডে নিরাপত্তা জোরদার". The Daily Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 12 Nov 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. "২০ বছরের মধ্যেই গ্যাস-সংকটের শঙ্কা". Banglatribune (in Bengali). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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