Titas Gas Field

Titas Gas Field (Bengali: তিতাস গ্যাসক্ষেত্র) is a natural gas field located in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.[1] It is the largest gas field in Bangladesh.[2] From where, around 300 million cubic feet of gas is being extracted daily.[3] It is a subsidiary of Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL). The geo-structure of the gas field area is dome-shaped, with an area of about 64 square kilometers.[4]

Titas Gas Field
Location of Titas Gas Field
CountryBangladesh
RegionBrahmanbaria
Offshore/onshoreonshore
Coordinates23.916667°N 90.95°E / 23.916667; 90.95
OperatorBGFCL
Field history
Discovery1962
Start of production1968
Production
Current production of gas300×10^6 cu ft/d (8.5×10^6 m3/d)
Estimated gas in place4.13×10^9 cu ft (117×10^6 m3)

History

It was discovered in 1962, and commercially started gas production from April 1968.[5] On November 20, 1964, the gas field was established as Titus Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited.[6] Located in Brahmanbaria, this gas field was discovered by Pakistan Shell Oil Company.[4] It will be connected through a transmission pipeline to transport regasified LNG to Chittagong and Bakhrabad.[7] In 2006, BGFCL first found gas seepages in the southeastern part of Titas gas field near Titas river.[8] In 2019, a fire incident hampered gas supply for half an hour to the national grid.[9]

See also

References
  1. "20th Titas gas field well starts test supply". The Daily Star. November 2, 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. "Present status of Bangladesh gas fields and future development: A review". ScienceDirect. December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. "GAS STRUCK IN 12TH WELL OF TITAS GAS FIELD". Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. "প্রাকৃতিক সম্পদ". Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. "Titas gas-field's output sapping fast". The Financial Express. March 13, 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. "এক নজরে তিতাস গ্যাসক্ষেত্র". Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (in Bengali). June 6, 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. "Bangladesh: Natural Gas Infrastructure and Efficiency Improvement". The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  8. "GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS TO DETERMINE THE GAS SEEPAGE SOURCE OF TITAS GAS FIELD REGION, BANGLADESH" (PDF). The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. June 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  9. "Fire at Titas Gas Field, doused after 1hr". The Daily Bangladesh. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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