প্রকাশ: 30/03/2022
CNG pumps across the country will remain closed for a good
six hours -- from 5pm to 11pm -- daily during Ramadan.
From the beginning of Ramadan, all CNG filling stations in
Bangladesh will remain closed for six hours from 5pm to 11pm until Eid-ul-Fitre
instead of 6pm to 11pm, state-owned Petrobangla has announced.
Petrobangla's latest decision to extend the CNG pump closure
timing by an hour during the holy month comes in the wake of the volatility in
the global energy market caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Sources also told UNB that the ongoing energy crisis in
several parts of the world, including Bangladesh, has forced the state-owned
hydrocarbon corporation to issue the new instructions to the CNG pumps.
On September 16 last year, the government directed CNG
outlet owners to keep their pumps shut for four hours from 6 pm to 10 pm and
then extended the timing by one hour from March 1.
Energy industry insiders say the country imports about 20
percent of its gas at high cost as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and re-gasify to
supply the fuel to local networks.
For the past few months, the price of LNG in the global
market witnessed a steep hike -- from $6 per MMBtu to over $30 per MMBtu.
“The recent war between Russia and Ukraine has created
further volatility in the global market, which ultimately forced the
authorities concerned to take such measures to reduce supply at CNG pumps,”
said an energy industry insider.
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