Resist move to lease out gas fields to foreigners
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday urged the countrymen to forge a strong unity to resist the plot of handing over oil and gas to foreigners.
The roundtable was organised by the Weekly Shaptahik at the National Press Club in the city.
The speakers said the chief adviser's Special Assistant M Tamim is desperately making all arrangements to lease out nine gas blocks in deep sea to multinational companies.
They said gas and coal are essential for country's development, but a section of the government on the eve of handing over the power to next elected government is trying to complete their mission of establishing multinational companies in gas and coalfields.
The speakers said Tamim has already managed the approval of the energy ministry and now the file is at CA's office to have his approval for leasing out the nine gas blocks.
They said of the nine blocks, eight blocks- 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20 and 21- were proposed to award to American Oil Company 'Conoco Philips' while block five to an Irish company.
As per the agreement, the multinational companies will be able to export 80 percent of extracted gas converting into Liquid Natural Gas (LPG) and the nation which is the owner of the gas will have only 20 percent share of the gas, they added.
Editor of the weekly Golam Murtaza, President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal Hasanul Huq Inu, Prof Abu Ahmed, Lt Col (retd) Mahbubur Rahman and Prof MM Akash also spoke on the occasion.
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