Sylhet, Oct 2, 2020 (EP) - Officials of Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL) on Thursday started drilling at the ninth well of Haripur Gas Field to unearth natural gas, or crude oil.
The ninth well of the field is being drilled by Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration & Production Company Limited (BAPEX), which could produce 7 million cubic feet of natural gas.
“BAPEX officials are digging the well and we can talk about its capacity after a thorough inspection before November 15,” said Engr. Ali Iqbal Md Nurullah, managing director of SGF while inaugurating the drilling event.
Mohammad Ali, managing director of BAPEX, Harunur Rashid, managing director of Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution Systems Limited, and others were present at the event.
Haripur Gas Field is also known as Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd. It is a sister concern of Petrobangla under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Natural Resources. It initially started production of natural gas and mineral gas in the country.
In seven years of production of a total 560,869 barrels of crude oil, the well ceased production on 14 July 1994. The wellhead pressure was zero at the time.
In March 2005, workover was done on the well and completed as a gas producer, with an initial production capacity of 15 MMCFD.
The last well, which was drilled in Haripur gas field by Scimitar Exploration Ltd. in 1989, was Surma 1A well. This well was an appraisal well for oil discovery but oil was not found. Now this well is producing gas. Recently a 3D seismic survey was completed at Sylhet-7 well.
