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Low supply from Bhola gas field hinders full utilisation

Shafi Sameen

The supply of gas from Bhola in cylinders commenced last December, in an effort to address the gas crisis in industries. It created an opportunity to utilise the gas extracted from the gas field located in the island district.

But the gas supply still remains significantly inadequate, despite consistent demands from major industries. Currently, less than 3.5 per cent of the desired amount is reaching the industries.

A number of companies had expressed interest to avail the contract of supplying gas from the gas field in cylinders in the form of compressed natural gas (CNG).

Intraco secured the contract eventually and was supposed to gradually raise the daily supply of gas to 25 million cubic feet. At the initial phase, it was supposed to bring 5 million cubic feet of CNG gas and supply 145,710 cubic meters of gas a day.

According to sources, the company is now supplying only 4,000-5,000 cubic meters of gas daily.

The failure has been attributed to logistical and technical setbacks, including the time-consuming process of installing Reduction Control Units (RCUs) in factories to regulate gas pressure.

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