Syed Shukur Ali Shuvo, BSS
Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited (JGTDSL) has been ranked as the most successful gas provider with lowest system loss while Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Plc making it place at the lowest in the Pertobangla index in the past 11 months.
According to Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) Titas faced an average 9.36 percent of gas system loss in 11 months till November 2025 while the figure stands at only 0.65 percent.
Petrobangla reports suggest Sundarban Gas Company Limited (SGCL) average system loss in the 11 months is 1.25 percent, Paschimanchal Gas Company Limited (PGCL) is 1.35 percent, Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDCL) is 2.69 percent and Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company Limited (BGDCL) is 8.08 percent.
Besides, the system loss of Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL), which is primarily responsible for high-pressure transmission unlike the others which typically handle distribution, production or other specialized tasks within the gas supply chain, is 1.38 percent.
According to international standards, the maximum acceptable gas loss in distribution lines is 0.20 to 0.30 percent.
“We have taken a series of initiative to bring gas system loss under tolerable stage,” an official of the Pertobangla requesting anonymity told BSS here today.
He said the government by now installed many gas metres to measure amount of gas system loss at distribution and transmission points.
A household gas user and resident of Mirpur area in the capital feared the government was suffering huge amount of revenue per year due to system loss and proper initiatives by the six gas distribution companies.
“The system loss of must be reduced,” chairman of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Jalal Ahmed told BSS.
He said that the BERC allows two percent technical loss of gas of Titas Gas considering its huge network and exceeding that limit was unacceptable.
“This indicates inefficiency of the company,” he added.
Patrobangla’s deputy general manager and spokesman Tariqul Islam Khan said system loss took place various reasons including old pipeline network, technical system loss and stolen from gas distribution companies.
He said gas is supplied from the gas field to the distribution company through the transmission line, and subsequently reaches the consumers via distribution lines of six distribution companies.
Khan said that several mobile court operations were now being carried out against illegal connections, illegal pipelines and metre tempering across the country.
Experts said reduced gas wastage could alleviate the pressure on imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) amid the ongoing dollar crisis.
They alleged a huge gas volume actually was being stolen through illegal connections and metre tempering while industries alongside household users routinely expressed their annoyance because of a lack of adequate supplies due to unacceptable system loss.
A Petrobangla officer requesting anonymity said in the 2023-24 fiscal the average gas system loss was 8.43 percent.
Another expert, who worked for a distribution company, said Titas Gas Bakhrabad Gas largely suffered huge gas loss per day due to vested quarters interest.
The Petrobangla sources said the country’s 24-hour gas production from at am on January 3, 2026 to 8 am next day including LNG was 2,635.5 mmcfd against the demand for 3,800 mmcfd.
Tatas Gasd officials, however, said they recently rammed up campaigns against illegal connections with its managing director Shahnewaz Parvez saying the state-run company was now preparing a roadmap to reduce system loss aiming to gradually bring it down to 5 to 7 percent.
The officials, however, said their system loss should not entirely be attributed to corruption and inefficiency blaming the leakage in old pipeline networks for the loss.
“A tender (bidding) process is underway to repair pipelines,” one Titas official said preferring anonymity.
