State Minister for Power, Energy and Minerals Resources, Mr. Nasrul Hamid MP recently visited Chevron Bangladesh operated Bibiyana Gas Plant. Chevron Bangladesh Managing Director and President, Eric M Walker greeted him along with Muhammad Imrul Kabir, Director Corporate Affairs and Carl Bourque, the Bibiyana Gas Plant Superintendent.
During his visit, the honorable state minister inaugurated the Bibiyana Optimization Project by unveiling a stone plaque. Bibiyana Turbo Expander project includes Turbo Expander and Booster Compressor. The Turbo Expander lowers the plant pressure, optimizes gas production and adds to thecondensate production. The Booster Compressor slows down the decline of the gas reserve of the field.
Bibiyana Optimization project is a testament to the strong partnership between the government of Bangladesh, Petrobangla, and Chevron Bangladesh, and aims to enhance the production capacity and efficiency of the Bibiyana gas field, the highest producing gas field in the country.
Later he visited the Bibiyana gas plant process plant. The state minister expressed his gratitude for remarkable achievements of Chevron Bangladesh and ongoing endeavors in Bangladesh and highlighted the company’s promising potential and opportunities in the country’s energy sector using the leading media outlets of the nation.
The minister was accompanied by Ms Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury, MP, Habiganj-1, Mr. Zanendra Nath Sarker, Chairman Petrobangla, and Ms. Zilufa Sultana, District Commissioner of Habiganj and other high officials of Petrobangla, BAPEX and Power, Energy and Mineral resources division.
