Meghna Gas Field (Bengali: মেঘনা গ্যাসক্ষেত্র) is a natural gas field located in Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh.[1] It is under the control of Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited.[2] Petrobangla discovered the gas field in 1990.[3]
| Meghna Gas Field | |
|---|---|
  Location of Meghna Gas Field | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Region | Brahmanbaria |
| Offshore/onshore | onshore |
| Coordinates | 23°50′18″N 90°47′19″E / 23.8383°N 90.7886°E |
| Operator | Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1990 |
Location
editMeghna gas field is located in Bancharampur Upazila, Brahmanbaria district,[1] Chittagong Division, which is about 40 km northeast of Dhaka.[3] It is located on the Meghna floodplain north of the Bakhrabad gas field.[4]
Excavations and wells
editFrom here, the gas is extracted through a well depth of 10,079 feet excavated vertically, which long-strings are 9,912 to 9,948 feet, and the short-strings are 9,744 to 9,761 feet beneath the underground.[5]
Stock and production
editIt is a medium-ranged gas field.[4] According to Petrobangla's estimation, the total reserves of gas extracted from the field is 101 billion cubic feet (BCF).[3] From 1997, gas was started extracting at a rate of 20 million cubic feet per day, but due to excessive water production, gas production was halted from 10 August 2007;[3] however, on an average 12 million cubic feet of gas is being extracted at a daily-basis by tth short-strings.[6]
At present, the gas field has only 31.3 billion cubic feet of gas remaining.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited" (in Bengali). Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 21 Aug 2019.
- ^ বাংলাদেশ গ্যাস ফিল্ডস্ কোং লি:, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া : এক নজরে (in Bengali). Department of Ministry, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 4 July 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d বাংলাদেশ গ্যাস ফিল্ডস্ কোং লি:, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া : মেঘনা গ্যাস ফিল্ড (in Bengali). Department of Ministry, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 4 July 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b Imam, Badrul (2012). "Gas, Natural". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ মেঘনা গ্যাস ফিল্ডের কূপসমূহ। (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ দেশে গ্যাস উৎপাদনে বিশেষ ভূমিকা রাখছে তিতাস গ্যাসক্ষেত্র. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 1 March 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ ২০ বছরের মধ্যেই গ্যাস-সংকটের শঙ্কা. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.