Chhatak Gas Field
Chhatak Gas Field (Bengali: ছাতক গ্যাসক্ষেত্র) is a natural gas field located in Chhatak Upazila, Sunamganj District, Bangladesh.[1] This company is under the control of Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX).[2] For the first time in Bangladesh, gas connection was provided to the industrial sector from this gas field in 1959.[3] In 1960, it provided approximately 4 million cubic feet of gas per day to Chhatak Cement Factory as well as pulp and paper mills.
Chhatak Gas Field | |
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Country | Bangladesh |
Region | Sunamganj |
Offshore/onshore | onshore |
Operator | Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1959 |
Location
Chhatak gas field is located in Chhatak Upazila, Sunamganj district of Sylhet division,[4] about 300 km northeast of the capital Dhaka. This gas field is basically operated by two different gas fields - Chhatak (East) and Tangrtila or Chhatak (West); Which is merged to a single field after 2001.[4]
Explosion
Two explosions have occurred at the gas field. One of them happened on January 1 2019, and the second happened on January 26 of the same year.[1]
See also
References
- "টেংরাটিলার বাতাসেও গ্যাসের ঝাঁঝালো গন্ধ, জলাশয় নলকূপে অবিরাম বুদ্বুদ, স্বাস্থ্যঝুঁকিতে মানুষ হেলায় বেহাত মূল্যবান গ্যাস : পর্ব ২" (in Bengali). The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 2 Aug 2019.
- "Completed Project" (in Bengali). Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX). Retrieved 2 Aug 2019.
- Sirajul Islam, ed. (Jan 2003). banglapedia (in Bengali). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. Retrieved 21 Aug 2019.
- "ছাতক গ্যাসফিল্ড আশার আলো". The Daily Jugantor (in Bengali). 14 Aug 2019. Retrieved 21 Aug 2019.