Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (BAPEX) has confirmed existence of high-pressured extractable natural gas three kilometres off Shahbazpur Gas Field in Bhola.
BAPEX’s Deputy General Manager Meherul Hasan said they completed two pending geological tests to be sure of this at the new gas field Shahbazpur East-1 in the district’s Borhanuddin upazila.
Earlier at 10 in the morning, the government gas explorer carried out a perforation test and found a flow pressure of the gas field around 5000psi.
The test also confirmed a rich reserve, which is estimated to 720 billion cubic feet, in the new gas field, believed to be an extension of Shahbazpur Gas Field.
Two days back, BAPEX completed another test through direct steam method but that was not enough to be confirmed of the gas existence.
Earlier on October 23, Cabinet Secretary Shafiul Alam broke the gas field discovery to the media, calling it ‘quite a good news for the country.