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| Formation | 8 May 1980 |
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| Headquarters | Chapapur, Comilla, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
| Website | [1] |
Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (Bengali:সিলেট গ্যাস ফিল্ডস লিমিটেড) is a government owned major gas company in Bangladesh. It is under Petrobangla and is headquartered in Haripur, Sylhet District.[1][2]
History
Sylhet Gas Fields Limited traces its origins to gas fields in Haripur, Sylhet District discovered by Pakistan Petroleum in 1955. In 1960, the Sylhet gas fields starting producing gas to supply the Chhatak Cement Factory. On 8 May 1980, the Sylhet Gas Fields Limited was incorporated by the government of Bangladesh. On 23 December 1986, the company discovered the first oil field in Bangladesh at Well No. 7 in Haripur. The company is responsible for 5 gas fields in Sylhet division. On 1 August 2009, the company launched a condensate fractionation plant.[3]
The company signed an agreement with PT Istana Karang Laut of Indonesia and Energypac Power Generation Ltd to further develop its condensate plant in August 2017.[4] On 11 April 2019, the managing director, Md Lutfar Rahman, of the company committed suicide in his official residence in Sylhet.[5]
References
- ^ "Sylhet Gas Fields MD found dead". Dhaka Tribune. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Sylhet Gas scraps third tender, goes for another". The Daily Star. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "সিলেট গ্যাস ফিল্ডস লিমিটেড". sgfl. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Sylhet Gas takes up Tk 505cr project to make best use of condensate". The Daily Star. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd MD found dead". The Daily Star. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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