Rashipur Gas Field under Bahubal upazila. -Collage Photo

DHAKA, Sept 15, 2025 (BSS) – An additional 8 mmcfd gas would be supplied to national grid daily from the newly discovered Rashipur Gas Field under Bahubal upazila of the district. 

Director (Operation) Petrobangla formally inaugurated the gas supply to the national grid from the Rashidpur Gas Field yesterday evening when Managing Director of Sylhet Gas Field Eng. Abdul Jalil Pramanik and BAPEX Managing Director Md. Fazlul Haque were present, among others.   

Deputy General Manager of Rashidpur Gas Field Sumon Bikash Das revealed that an additional 8 mmcfd gas would be supplied to national grid from a new layer of the gas field daily. Currently, an average of 62 mmcfd of gas is supplied to the national grid from the seven out of 11 wells of the gas field, he added.

Das said that Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex) started exploration activities in the well on July 12. BAPEX and Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL) jointly completed the renovation work of the well at a cost of Tk.73 crore.

With the renovation work of the well, BAPEX and SGFL found gas on September 5 at its new layer of the well, according to an official of Rashidpur gas field. 

He, however, said around 8 million cubic feet of gas can be supplied to the national grid from the new layer every day. It is estimated that about 25.55 billion cubic feet of gas can be extracted from the new well in the next 10 years.

According to Petrobangla sources, along with gas, condensate will also be available as a by-product from the gas field.