Sangu Gas Field

Sangu Gas Field
CountryBangladesh
RegionBay of Bengal
Offshore/onshoreoffshore
Field history
Discovery1994
Start of production1996
Abandonment2014

Sangu Gas Field (Bengali: সাঙ্গু গ্যাসক্ষেত্র) is a natural gas field in Bangladesh. It is the only offshore gas field in Bangladesh that is currently abandoned.[1] This gas field was discovered in 1996 in the Bay of Bengal 50 km away from the land near Silimpur, Chittagong.[2] Santos, an Australian multinational company was in charge of operation of the gas field.[3] Its production was closed in 2014. To store the imported LNG, the government of Bangladesh is planning to convert the offshore gas field into an underground storage, where 487.91 billion cubic feet of gas can be stored.[4] Currently in Bangladesh, there are 22 onshore blocks and 26 offshore blocks. Among these offshore blocks, 11 are shallow blocks, where the other 15 are deep sea blocks.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Govt considering underground gas storage at Sangu field". The Independent. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ সাগরে তেল-গ্যাস অনুসন্ধানে শ্নথগতি. samakal (in Bengali). 23 Dec 2017. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 20 Nov 2018.
  3. ^ "Santos closes down Bangladesh's only offshore gas field". Reuters. 1 October 2013. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Govt mulls converting Sangu gas field into underground storage". The Financial Express. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.