প্রকাশ: 07/04/2022
After four days of disruption the Chrvron-operated Bibiyana
gas field resumed full production from Thursday morning, which is likely to end
the gas crisis in parts of Bangladesh.
Chevron Bangladesh in a statement confirmed this, saying
that the Bibiyana Gas Plant has resumed full operations, with all process
trains operational, five of the six affected wells back online and gas
production at normal levels.
The trains and wells were progressively restored this week
after a suspension of operations following the discovery of technical anomalies
in one well on April 3.
The cause of the anomalies in the well, which remains
offline, is being investigated, said the company.
Regrettably, this impacted gas supplies to consumers for
some days this week.
Chevron Bangladesh would like to acknowledge the assistance
and partnership of Petrobangla in responding to this event, said Shaikh Jahidur
Rahman, communications manager of Chevron Bangladesh.
The country’s gas production drastically fell by about 450
MMCFD (million cubic feet per day) on Sunday, the very first day of Ramadan,
following a technical fault developed in the Bibiyana gas field.
The Bibiyana gas field production capacity is 1200 MMCFD.
The supply situation started improving from Monday afternoon
as production resumed at one of the two affected process trains at the gas
field.
Officials said the gas field process system noticed that
sand was coming out from two production wells which forced the authorities
concerned to halt the production of the wells.
The incident had a big impact on the overall gas production
as many areas experienced disruptions following the fall in the pressure of gas
supply as an outcome of the fault.
Consumers in many areas in the capital including
Mohammadpur, Shekhertek, Rayerbazar, Dhanmondi, Shankar, Kanthalbagan,
Mudhubazar, Kalabagan, Rampura, Wari, Maghbazar, Arambagh, Fakirapul, Banasree,
Gopibagh, Mirpur, and Iskatan complained that they are not getting gas for
cooking their meals.
The major impact was on the power generation as the
state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) had to shut down a good
number of power plants immediately which led to load shedding at different
districts across the country.
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