Energy Bangla

Naushad Islam was removed as the managing director (MD) of Titas Gas. Afterwards, he has been appointed the same post of MD of Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Ltd. Petrobangla has issued the transfer order at Sunday night. There was a deadly gas explosion on Titas’s line that devastated a residential building in capital’s Banani area on Friday. Criticism from all the spheres of society has accelerated this transfer order of... »

A massive fire, suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, burned down a major portion of a residential building in the capital’s Banani Road 23 friday. Only two persons were injured; Naved Imtiaz and Md Saifullah – both residents of the building – are now receiving treatment at United Hospital for burn wounds and head trauma respectively. Five more people also received primary treatment for smoke inhalation and... »

Government is working to procure alternative energy like Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to resolve the country’s energy crisis, said Mr. Nasrul Hamid, the State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. Initiatives are taken to construct a total number of four LNG terminals. A number of large coal-fired Power plant has already been built. The process of importing Hydro-Power from Bhutan is in progress, Sate Minister added. The state minister... »

Titas Gas has found Tk3,138.38 crore of deviations in its accounts over the last six years, the state-owned company informed the government. It attributed to the lost money to rule breaking, theft and other reasons. Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Limited disclosed the figure to a meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Undertakings on Tuesday, informing the committee about 212 audit objections that had been raised between 2010-11 and... »

The government has made a shortlist for appointing a consultant to conduct feasibility study for the proposed two land-based Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminals at Moheshkhali and Paira. “The government decided to set up land based and floating LNG terminals aimed at ensuring energy security in the country and meeting the growing demand,” state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid told Energy Bangla Monday. He said the... »

Australian High Commissioner in Dhaka Gregory A Wilcock Monday expressed his country’s keen interest to provide LNG related support along with training, Bangladesh is going to set up LNG terminal, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid said. “Australia is interested to provide training to Bangladeshi on LNG related issue to make them LNG efficient,” he said after emerging a meeting with the envoy at his ministry... »

The government is set to implement a series of projects during the upcoming 2016-2017 to face growing energy demands and ensure the energy security, officials said. “We planned a series of measures to augment energy production in the coming fiscal . . . these include drilling of new gas wells, installing transmission pipeline, importing LNG to gear up the production,” energy and mineral resources Division’s acting secretary Nazimuddin Chowdhury told.... »

The government is planning to use the abandoned Sangu platform in the Bay of Bengal for importing LNG or CNG gas to meet the country’s growing natural gas demand. The Energy and Mineral Resources Division held a meeting in this regard on Tuesday with its secretary Md Nazimuddin in the chair. Sangu, the first offshore gas field in the country, run by Australian oil and gas exploration company Santos, was... »

The 25th well of Titas Gas Field is expected to go into production soon as the drilling at the well has already been completed. Logging in boreholes is now going on which will require about one month, officials said, adding that the well will go into full production after that. The well is expected to produce 25 million cubic feet of gas every day, they said. At present, four new... »

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Friday said the government is very cautious about the monetary losses and sufferings caused to the local people in Sunamganj’s Tengratila gas field blowout. “The government will undertake all possible measures for protecting lives and properties of the people in the affected area, the state minister said while speaking at a view-exchange with foreign delegates at Tengratila at Doyarabazar... »