Additional 8,000 tonnes of diesel to arrive from India

Bangladesh has begun importing an additional 8,000 tonnes of diesel from India through the Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline to Padma Oil PLC’s Parbatipur depot.

By this evening, about 5,500 tonnes of diesels have already arrived, confirmed Kazi Md. Robiul Alam, Manager (Operations) of Meghna Petroleum Limited.

He said, “To ensure the country’s energy security, the government regularly imports diesel from India through the pipeline. As part of this initiative, pumping from Assam’s Numaligarh Refinery began at midnight on April 7.  So far, 5,500 tonnes have been delivered, and pumping is on.”

Robiul Alam added that the pipeline is expected to supply the full 8,000 metric tonnes, with the operation likely to be completed by April 11.

Refined diesel has been imported through this pipeline from Numaligarh Refinery since 2021.

Previously, Bangladesh received a total of 10,000 tonnes in two phases of 5,000 tonnes each on March 11 and 23, followed by another 7,000 tonnes on April 1. In total, 17,000 tonnes of diesels have been imported through these three phases.