Titas Gas Field
Titas Gas Field is located in Bangladesh
Titas Gas Field
Location of Titas Gas Field
CountryBangladesh
RegionBrahmanbaria
Offshore/onshoreonshore
Coordinates23°55′00″N 90°57′00″E / 23.9167°N 90.95°E / 23.9167; 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)

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]

History

It was discovered in 1962, and commercially started gas production from April 1968.[5] On 20 November 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. 2 November 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. ^ a b প্রাকৃতিক সম্পদ. Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Titas gas-field's output sapping fast". The Financial Express. 13 March 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). 6 June 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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