500mmcfd imported LNG to be commissioned April 25

The administration is set to supply 500 mmcfd imported melted gaseous petrol (LNG) to the national lattice from April 25 to meet the nation's developing vitality request, authorities said here yesterday. 

"The principal LNG loaded vessel will stay the drifting stockpiling refueling unit (FSRU) terminal situated at seaward the Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal on April 23," Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources Division Nazimuddin Chowdhury told BSS. 

He said the LNG supply will begin from April 25 to the national lattice, as the legislature has just introduced 91 km pipelines from Moheshkhali to Anwara in Chittagong. 

The legislature is bringing in LNG from Qatar's state-run vitality organization RasGas to guarantee vitality security in the nation, he included. 

The legislature has likewise kept some different sources open for LNG import to relieve gas emergency, the secretary stated, including, "The imported LNG will be provided to Chittagong territory and this will build the gas weight in the capital city." 

As per a service official, the Petrobangla consented to a long haul arrangement with Qatar to import up to 2.8 million tons of LNG per annum and the FSRU terminal is being produced seaward the Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal by Excelerate Energy on a fabricate, claim and work premise. 

The agreement points of interest said the RasGas will supply 2.8 million tons of LNG consistently. The interest for gas will remain at 8,000 mmcfd in 2041. 

Right now, the Petrobangla supplies roughly 2,750 million cubic feet of flammable gas a day from residential gas fields against an interest for no less than 3,500 million cubic feet gas.