Rashidpur Gas Field
Rashidpur Gas Field is located in Bangladesh
Rashidpur Gas Field
Location of Rashidpur Gas Field
CountryBangladesh
RegionHabiganj
Offshore/onshoreonshore
Coordinates24°17′43″N 91°35′12″E / 24.2952227°N 91.5867289°E / 24.2952227; 91.5867289
OperatorSylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL)
PartnerGazprom
Field history
Discovery1960
Start of production1993

Rashidpur Gas Field (Bengali: রশিদপুর গ্যাসক্ষেত্র) is a natural gas field located in Habiganj, Bangladesh. In 1960, Pakistan Shell Oil Company discovered it.[1] In 1975, this gas field came under the control of the Government of Bangladesh.[2] It is one of the sixth gasfields owned and operated by a government company, Sylhet Gas Fields Company Limited.[3][4][5]

Geography

A gas field was discovered for the first time in the hilly area namely Rashidpur of No.7 Bhadeshwar Union in Bahubal Upazila.[6] Rashidpur gas field is located in Rashidpur of Bahubal upazila of Habiganj.[7] It is situated between Moulvibazar and Habiganj in Sylhet division.[8] In the year 1990–91, a well was drilled and two plants were set up.[6] A total of 8 wells have been drilled and linked up to meet the demand of gas by the North-South Pipeline.[9] In 2015, Gazprom was assigned to drill Rashidpur gas fields along with Srikail and Bakhrabad.[10]

Production

In 1993, gas was started lifting by the 7 wells of Rashidpur gas field.[11][12] In 2011, BAPEX, the state-owned organization of Bangladesh, conducted a three-dimensional seismic survey, and found the stock of about one trillion cubic feet of gas at the gas field.[13][14] The gas was started lifting experimentally by the No.8 well.[11] According to an estimation of 2015, the reserves of this gas field amounted to 5.2 TCF.[5] It was reported that the production of octane would be produced in 2016.[15] The production of the five wells of the Rashidpur gas field was 60 million cubic feet, but in 2019 it was reduced to 50 million cubic feet.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "জ্বালানি খাতে দেশীয় প্রতিষ্ঠানের সক্ষমতা বাড়ছে". The Manobkantha (in Bengali). 5 Mar 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "জাতীয় জ্বালানি নিরাপত্তা দিবস আজ". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 9 Aug 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rashidpur Gasfield: Drilling of well 5 to take 90 days". The Daily Star. 7 Jan 1999. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ↑ সুনেত্র ও রশিদপুর গ্যাসক্ষেত্র সম্পর্কে পেট্রোবাংলার ব্যাখ্যা
  5. 1 2 "চার গ্যাসক্ষেত্র চায় হ্যালিবার্টন". The Daily Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 16 Mar 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 "প্রাকৃতিক সম্পদ". Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "দেশের অর্ধেকের বেশি গ্যাস মজুদ হবিগঞ্জে!". The Daily Jugantor (in Bengali). 24 Dec 2019. Retrieved 21 Aug 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rashidpur reserves more gas". bdnews24. 26 Sep 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Node: Rashidpur Gas Field (5588303433)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Five Gazprom-drilled gas wells require more investments". New Age. Oct 1, 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  11. 1 2 "প্রতিদিন দেড় কোটি ঘনফুট গ্যাস উত্তোলন". dailykalbela (in Bengali). August 3, 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "আগামী মাসেই রশিদপুরের গ্যাস জাতীয় গ্রিডে! (বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন)". Priyo.com (in Bengali). 3 Aug 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "তেল-গ্যাস খনিজ সম্পদ ও বিদ্যুৎ-বন্দর রক্ষা জাতীয় কমিটির লংমার্চ". dw.com (in Bengali). 28 Oct 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "'ঢাকা-সুনেত্র' লং মার্চ করবে তেল-গ্যাস রক্ষা কমিটি". bdnews24 (in Bengali). 8 Oct 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  15. ↑ "দেশে ৩ বছরের মধ্যে চাহিদার বেশি অকটেন উৎপাদন হবে". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 10 Dec 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  16. ↑ "গ্যাস উৎপাদন বাড়াতে চায় সরকার, ইওআই আহ্বানের নির্দেশ". sarabangla.net (in Bengali). April 28, 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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