News Desk :
A cargo vessel carrying 2,950 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) of liquefied natural gas (LNG)arrived at Chattogram Port on Thursday, aiming to ease the ongoing gas crisis in the capital.
The vessel anchored at the port at the 7:30 am and necessary formalities have already been completed in this regard, said Md Omar Faruque, secretary of Chattogram port authority, reports UNB.
Earlier on Wednesday, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid assured people of resolving the gas crisis soon and informed arrival of the LNG-carrying cargo vessel in a status posted from his verified Facebook page.
“A sudden problem at the Bibiana gas field caused low pressure of gas in some parts of the country from the first day of Ramadan. An LNG-carrying cargo was arranged immediately to resolve the crisis. 2,950 MMFCD LNG filled cargo will arrive at Chittagong port tomorrow at 7 am” wrote Nasrulk Hamid in his post.
The state minister thanked the tireless work of experienced engineers to overcome this crisis. “The Bibiana gas field is currently producing 1,100 million cubic feet of gas,” he said.
After four days of disruption the Chevron-operated Bibiyana gas field resumed full production from Thursday morning.
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.
