Rashidpur gas well-8 begins production tomorrow
The production at Rashidpur well-8 of the state-run Sylhet Gas Field Ltd (SGFL) will begin tomorrow.
Starting on January 4, drilling at the well at a cost of Tk 150 crore completed recently, officials informed, subsequently its flare test was also conducted successfully.
The gas field will be able to add additional 15 MMCFD gas to the national grid, said Md Amir Hossain, director of the project for the drilling, yesterday.
The job was performed with the assistance of Russian state-owned company, Gazprom International, he said.
Setting up of an 8km pipeline from the well to Rashidpur gas processing plant also completed, Hossain said.
Presently, four wells of Rashidpur Gas Field are adding 47 MMCFD gas to the national grid, he added.
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