Chhatak Gas Field
Natural gas field in Bangladesh
| Chhatak Gas Field | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Region | Sunamganj |
| Offshore/onshore | onshore |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1959 |
Chhatak Gas Field (Bengali: ছাতক গ্যাসক্ষেত্র) is a natural gas field located in Chhatak Upazila, Sunamganj District, Bangladesh.[1] This company is under the control of Sylhet Gas Field Company Limited (SGFL).[2] For the first time in Bangladesh, gas connection was provided to the industrial sector from this gas field in 1959.[3] In 1960, it provided approximately 4 million cubic feet of gas per day to Chhatak Cement Factory as well as pulp and paper mills.
Location
Chhatak gas field is located in Chhatak Upazila, Sunamganj district of Sylhet division,[4] about 300 km northeast of the capital Dhaka. This gas field is basically operated by two different gas fields - Chhatak (East) and Tangrtila or Chhatak (West); Which is merged to a single field after 2001.[4]
Explosion
Two explosions have occurred at the gas field. One of them happened on January 7 2005, and the second happened on June 24 of the same year.[1]
See also
- List of natural gas fields in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited
- Sylhet Gas Fields Limited
- Gas Transmission Company Limited
References
- ^ a b "টেংরাটিলার বাতাসেও গ্যাসের ঝাঁঝালো গন্ধ, জলাশয় নলকূপে অবিরাম বুদ্বুদ, স্বাস্থ্যঝুঁকিতে মানুষ হেলায় বেহাত মূল্যবান গ্যাস : পর্ব ২" (in Bengali). The Daily Ittefaq. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 Aug 2019.
- ^ "Completed Project" (in Bengali). Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL). Retrieved 2 Aug 2019.
- ^ Sirajul Islam, ed. (Jan 2003). banglapedia (in Bengali). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. Retrieved 21 Aug 2019.
- ^ a b "ছাতক গ্যাসফিল্ড আশার আলো". The Daily Jugantor (in Bengali). 14 Aug 2019. Retrieved 21 Aug 2019.
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