National grid to get extra 5mmcfd gas from Kailashtila next week

The country’s national gas grid is set to start receiving an additional around 5.0 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of natural gas from the onshore Kailashtila gas field starting next week.

This additional gas resource was found following a workover of Kailashtila-1 well by state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) this week.

State-owned Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL) hired BAPEX to carry out the workover job to enhance the Kailashtila gas field’s overall natural gas output.

With the supply of new gas, the Kailashtila field’s overall output has increased to around 49 mmcfd from previous 44 mmcfd, said a senior Petrobangla official.

BAPEX initiated the workover of Kailashtila-1 well on August 12.

The Kailashtila gas field was discovered in 1962, and production began in 1983.

Sources said that a couple of months back BAPEX discovered another new gas zone at the currently producing Salda gas field in Brahmanbadia.

The country’s overall natural gas output is currently hovering around 2,634 mmcfd, including around 883 mmcfd of re-gasified imported LNG as on November 19, 2025.

Azizjst@yahoo.com