The new gas field has been found beside the existing Shahbazpur gas field in the island district. The Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company or BAPEX said the new gas field is located 3.5km east of Shahbazpur. In recent times, a gas field like this has not been discovered. The existing Shahbazpur gas field produces around 35 million cubic feet or cft each day, according to BAPEX. Bangladesh produces 2.7 billion cft natural gas a day against a demand of 3.4 billion.

Source: bd News24 October 23, 2017 09:53 UTC