The government has instructed the state-run BPC to conduct a Feasibility Study (FS) on constructing 250-km fuel pipeline between Chittagong and Dhaka by 2017 aimed at reducing transport cost and stopping pilferage of fuel.
“The government would install 250-kilometre fuel pipeline between Chittagong and Dhaka to save Taka 130
crore annually and ensure fuel security,” State Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources told BSS here
today.
He said the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has been instructed to conduct the FS on August 22,
2015, while the Padma Oil Company Limited would prepare the document. A high level meeting held to
discuss implementation of the project decoded that fuel pipeline would be installed on the roadside
instead of land acquisition, which is expected to complete in 2017, Hamid added.
“The fuel pipelines would ensure fuel security in the capital city as well as the country’s main
airport by supplying fuel much faster,” he said adding that Bangladesh would achieve middle income
country within the 2021 under the bold and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
According to the project details, the Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) could implement the
project following Deposit Work system as the BPC had no experience in this regard.
The government would set up the pipeline spending around Taka 1200 crore and it would ultimately save
Taka 130 crore annually by checking pilferage of fuel during transportation through river routes and
highways.
The direct petroleum fuel pipeline would supply imported fuel and crude oil from Chittagong to the
capital city, saving both time and costs, it said.
Besides, the ministry has also undertaken another project to install 16-km fuel pipeline from Kanchan
Bridge to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with an estimated cost of Taka 40 crore, a ministry
official said.
He said that the government has prepared a document, fixing a target to complete the project by 2016,
also to save Taka 24 crore annually.