New well in Bhola to produce 20-22 mmcf gas per day

A new gas well, named Ilisha-1, has been discovered in Bhola, capable of extracting 20 to 22 million cubic feet of gas daily. BAPEX, the Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited, has successfully extracted gas experimentally from the well, bringing the total number of wells discovered in the district to

Petrobangla for ending foreign monopoly in pre-paid gas metering

 Petrobangla has initiated a move to bring an end to the existing monopoly of a particular foreign company in its pre-paid gas metering system. "We've already received the government's policy approval to allow battery-run pre-paid gas meter," Petrobangla Chairman Zanendra Nath Sarker told UNB recently. According to official sources, a Japanese company

Private firm gets nod to supply gas from Bhola

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved in principle a proposal of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division to allow a private firm to supply gas in CNG (compressed natural gas) form from the Bhola gas field. As per the proposal, local firm Intraco Refuelling Station Ltd will

GE offers high tech gas turbine to ease energy crisis

GE Gas Power, a world leader in natural gas power technology, services and solutions, is focused to generate electricity that is reliable, affordable and sustainable for the people in Bangladesh, said a senior official of the company. The company is confident that its highly efficient and record setting gas turbine technology

10,000 gas cylinders seized in Sitakunda

In a major crackdown on unauthorised sale of cooking gas cylinders, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has detained 10 people and seized 10,000 cylinders in the district's Sitakunda upazila.  Members of the elite force carried out raids across Sitakunda upazila on Tuesday and Wednesday in the wake of the massive fire at

Gas price raised by 22.78 pc

The average gas price has been raised by 22.78 percent for the retail consumers in the country with effect back from June 1. Acting chairman of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Mohammad Abu Faruque announced the hike through a virtual briefing on Sunday. As per the announcement, the average gas price

Upay signs deal with Titas Gas on prepaid bill payment

Upay, a mobile financial service provider in the country, has signed agreement with Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) to facilitate prepaid meter bill payment/prepaid card recharge through upay, a press release said Monday. Emon Kalyan Dutta, Chief Sales & Service Officer and Md. Eaqub Khan, Company Secretary of

Any rise in power, gas tariff to be suicidal: FBCCI

Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) has demanded the government does not raise the tariff of power and gas saying that any rise such utilities would be a suicidal one.   The leaders of the highest business body made the demand while addressing a press conference at its