New Haripur well now produces 10 mmcfd gas
Iqbal Siddiquee, Sylhet
About 10 mmcfd gas is being supplied to the National Grid from well No. 7 of Haripur Gas Field in Sylhet since the trial extraction began two weeks back, officials said yesterday.The production will be raised to 20 mmcfd after its formal inauguration soon, they said. Work to convert the country's first oil well into gas well (well No. 7) in Haripur structure of Sylhet Gas Field Company Limited (SGFL) was completed by Bapex exploration wing of Petrobangla, at a cost of Tk 13 crore. The well was drilled in 1986 with financial assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB). Though the target was to drill up to 2100 metres, three gas zones and an oil zone were found between 2009-2033 metres. It was converted into an oil well though the initial target was to extract gas. It was the country's first oil well, which produced 5.6 lakh barrels of crude from December 1987 to July 1994. But, the production was stopped in July 1994 due to drastic fall in pressure. Since then it was sealed. After several changes in schedule, SGFL on December 15 last year started work to convert it into a gas well. The well is located about 19 kilometres off Sylhet city. According to a seismic survey done in 1971, gas reserve in Haripur structure is 683.85 billion CFT and total recoverable gas reserve is 444.5 billion CFT. The present recoverable gas reserve in the structure is 275 billion CFT, the officials added.
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