Bangladesh: Up to 103tcf potential gas reserve in Bay of Bengal

DHAKA, 06 January 2022, (TON): A preliminary study in the Bangladesh part of the Bay of Bengal has found a potential reserve of gas hydrate worth 17 to 103 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Gas hydrates are a crystalline solid form of water and gas.

They contain huge volumes of methane and are abundant in marine sediments in a layer several hundred metres thick directly below the seafloor.

Although the technologies for its commercial production and use are not available anywhere in the world at the moment, the potential reserve, if exploited, can meet the country's demand for power and gas for decades.

Experts said “currently, the country needs about 1tcf of natural gas to meet its yearly demand.”

Rear Admiral (retd) Md Khurshed Alam, secretary of Maritime Affairs Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shared the findings at a press conference at the ministry.

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