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LNG to be supplied in Chattagram this month: Nasrul
SANGSAD BHABAN, July 4, 2018 (BSS) – State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul
Hamid today said Chattagram dwellers would get facility of imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) this
month as a LNG laden vessel already anchored in the Bay of Bengal.
“We expect to supply LNG in Chattagram from this month aimed at meeting gas demand in the area
and we are waiting for gas supply,” he said this, while responding to a supplementary question from
opposition bench member Begum Mahzabeen Morshed in the Jatiya Sangsad.
The state minister informed the House that the government has already installed Floating Storage Re-
gasification Unit (FSRU) at Moheshkhali for supplying LNG to the national grid, adding, “Chattagram
dwellers would get gas facility from this month with increasing gas flow in the area.”
Replying to another question from treasury bench member Panchanan Biswas of Khulna, Nasrul said
the different power related companies along with REB have been working to bring Dakop upazila
under 100 percent electricity coverage this year.
The state minister informed the House that the government has a plan to conduct 3Dimension seismic
survey of 1,000 square kilometres in the deep sea by November 2018, while the government has
completed 2Dimension survey of 3,560 line kilometres along with data interpretation in the Deep Sea
(DS)-12 block.
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