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Bapex finds new gas layer in Saida field

130 mmcfd gas to be added this year

Sharier Khan
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration Company (Bapex) hit a new gas reservoir in the 16-year-old small Saida gas field in Brahmanbaria yesterday.
Bapex chief Mortuza Ahmad Faruque has said that while drilling a work-over well into the field's existing well number-1, they have hit the new gas zone 200 metres below the original depth of the
well,which is2,515metres.
“But we will continue drilling this well up to another 200 metres. Then we can assess the new gas sands that we have found. We can primarily say this is a good prospect,” he toldThe Daily Star yesterday.
There are three wells in this field. The first two wells have become exhausted while the third one is producing up to 20 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd).
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This well will be able to produce 35 mmcfd soon after Bapex expands its existing gas processing facility, Mortuza added.
The new finding would increase the field's output further. The Saida field has already produced 65 billion cubic feet gas so far.
Considering the country's gas shortage of around 500 mmcfd, these small findings are important.
Bapex has already found some new gas reservoirs in the country's already producing fields and it is currently working to increase production in a the Titas field, which is the biggest national gas field.
By the end of this year, Bapex is expected to pump up to 130 mmcfd gas into the national grid as a result of its success.
In the old Kailastila field, Bapex found a good new gas reserve that also has condensate -- a petroleum-like
product. Within a few days, this field is expected to produce 20 to 25 mmcfd gas and 200 barrels of condensate. The field is already producing 80 mmcfd gas.
Drilling of a new development well in Titas field is expected to produce 35 mmcfd from mid-November.
Bapex is likely to produce another 40 mmcfd gas from the newly found reserve in the Srikail gas field by November.
In the old Fenchuganj field, Bapex is drilling two work-over wells. When the drilling will be completed shortly, Bapex hopes gas production from this field would increase by 20 mmcfd. The field is now producing38 mmcfd.
Moreover, Bapex is currently drilling an exploratory well in its new prospect "Sunetro”, located in Sunamganj-Netrokona region.
On the basis of its survey of the geological structure there, Bapex hopes to hit a major gas reserve there.