Titas Gas Field
Govt will survey to find out cause of leakage
Petrobangla will soon start a survey in Titas gas field to figure out the prime cause of gas seepage from the country's largest gas field, says an official.
“We are engaging international consultant to identify the root cause of the seepage of Titas,” said Petrobangla Chairman Hossain Monsur.
“We are also trying to engage our local consultants here.” The government allocated about Tk 10 crore for this survey, he added.
According to local experts, Titas gas field started facing serious trouble in 2005, but the authority has taken any adequate action as yet.
In 2008, Bangladesh Gas Field Company Ltd (BGFCL) completed a $10.2m project for sealing the troubled well (No 3) to stop gas leakage.
But it was partially successful to 'kill' well No 3 to save the precious substance from going up into the air every day.
Titas has 16 wells with 14 currently in operation. Well No 3 was killed in January 2008 and production has been suspended at well No 14 for water onrush.
Geologists assume that Titas field loses one to five million cubic feet gas every day since start of the leakage. The field supplied 4 trillion cubic feet gas in last 40 years.
The authorities did not take any effective measure to stop the leakage, they observed. The gas from the field still accounts for about 22 per cent of national production.
The non-stop leakage of gas from Titas field has been continuing unabated for the last five years. All efforts to contain it have gone in vain.
According to BGFCL, gas was leaking through more than 3,000 big holes, including ones with some 30-foot diameter.
The gas was spreading to paddy fields, water bodies, and the Titas river. Gas being spewed through some holes is burning with leaping flames.
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