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Titas Well-28 ready to add 12.5 MMCFD gas to national grid

Published : Friday, 18 September, 2026 at 1:56 PM

Observer Online Report

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The national grid will begin receiving 12.5 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) of gas from Titas Well-28 on Saturday (September 19), boosting the country's domestic energy supply.

Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL) announced that the Minister of State for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources will officially inaugurate Titas Well-28 on Saturday morning. Following the opening ceremony, officials will immediately connect the well to the national transmission network.

Project Director Engineer AKM Jasim Uddin stated that workers completed drilling the 13,000-foot-deep well nearly a month ago. The well is part of an ongoing Tk 800-crore initiative aimed at drilling Titas wells 28, 29, 30, and Kamta-2 to tap into domestic natural gas deposits.

BGFCL officials confirmed that five active development projects, including Titas wells 28, 29, 30, 31, and Bakhrabad-11, will together add up to 67.5 MMCFD of extra natural gas to the national grid within the next three to four months. Main drilling at Titas-29 is already complete, with technicians currently running final logging operations.

BGFCL expects Titas-29 to go into full production in one to one and a half months, yielding between 10 and 15 MMCFD. Drilling at Titas-30 is also on schedule to conclude within four months, delivering another 10 to 15 MMCFD.

In addition, deep exploration drilling at Titas-31 has reached a depth of 4,920 meters out of its 5,600-meter target. Project Director Md Mahmudul Nawab noted that if no geological complications arise, Titas-31 will finish within three months and supply 15 MMCFD. Officials believe Titas-31 could unlock an estimated 2 trillion cubic feet (TCF) in new gas reserves, adding to the field's existing 1.5 TCF reserve once testing is complete.

Following Titas-31, BGFCL will start drilling the 4,500-meter-deep Bakhrabad-11 well to extract another 10 MMCFD. BGFCL General Manager Engineer Md Ashraful Alam emphasized that expanding domestic output remains essential to reduce costly imported liquefied natural gas reliance.

-SA

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