The state-run exploration agency has launched a three-dimensional seismic survey at Titas Gas Field to assess the possibility of digging new wells.
The survey, launched on Sunday, will cover a 335 square kilometer area, Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (Bapex) managing director Mortuza Amed Faruq told on Tuesday.
The project, titled Appraisal of Gas Fields (3D Seismic Survey), has already surveyed Haripur, Koilashtila and Rashidpur gas fields, he said.
In Bakhrabad Gas Field in Comilla, the survey will cover 210 square kilometres and it is scheduled for April next year, he added.
The project, aimed at tackling gas crisis by spotting new points for wells, is covering a total of 705 square kilometre in the five fields with an estimated cost of Tk 1.64 billion, the Bapex MD said.
The country lifts 2 billion cubic feet gas every day against a demand of 2.5 billion cubic feet.
Sylhet Gas Fields Limited and Bangladesh Gas Fields Limited are the two entrepreneurs of the project.
Project manager Anwarur Rahman said the survey includes three steps — data collection, processing and analysis.
Spotting the short points to explode dynamites had started and geophones would soon be set up to record the sound of the explosions, he said. There will be 19,092 short points and 26,620 geophones in the field, he added.
The project workers are very cautious in spotting the short points as gas has been seeping over a 4 square kilometre area, apart from the well, the project manager said.
A 300 square metre periphery outside the 4 square kilometre area will not be surveyed following French consulting firm CGG Veritas' advice. Fire extinguishers would be there at the spots of explosion to tackle any accident.
Survey team head Meherul Hasan told they would be setting up structures for the explosions starting Dec 10 and recording of the sound on Dec 24.
He expressed hope that the data collection would end by March next year.
The survey, launched on Sunday, will cover a 335 square kilometer area, Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (Bapex) managing director Mortuza Amed Faruq told on Tuesday.
The project, titled Appraisal of Gas Fields (3D Seismic Survey), has already surveyed Haripur, Koilashtila and Rashidpur gas fields, he said.
In Bakhrabad Gas Field in Comilla, the survey will cover 210 square kilometres and it is scheduled for April next year, he added.
The project, aimed at tackling gas crisis by spotting new points for wells, is covering a total of 705 square kilometre in the five fields with an estimated cost of Tk 1.64 billion, the Bapex MD said.
The country lifts 2 billion cubic feet gas every day against a demand of 2.5 billion cubic feet.
Sylhet Gas Fields Limited and Bangladesh Gas Fields Limited are the two entrepreneurs of the project.
Project manager Anwarur Rahman said the survey includes three steps — data collection, processing and analysis.
Spotting the short points to explode dynamites had started and geophones would soon be set up to record the sound of the explosions, he said. There will be 19,092 short points and 26,620 geophones in the field, he added.
The project workers are very cautious in spotting the short points as gas has been seeping over a 4 square kilometre area, apart from the well, the project manager said.
A 300 square metre periphery outside the 4 square kilometre area will not be surveyed following French consulting firm CGG Veritas' advice. Fire extinguishers would be there at the spots of explosion to tackle any accident.
Survey team head Meherul Hasan told they would be setting up structures for the explosions starting Dec 10 and recording of the sound on Dec 24.
He expressed hope that the data collection would end by March next year.
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