Dhaka, Ctg to get improved gas supply
Gas supply to Dhaka and Chittagong will improve significantly by the middle of next year as the installation of compressors and construction of some major transmission pipelines are expected to be completed soon.
“We are trying our level best to complete the works as per schedule,” Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) Managing Director Aminur Rahman told the news agency.
In October, 2011, GTCL, a company of Petrobangla, signed eight contracts with two foreign and six local companies for the installation of compressor stations and transmission pipelines.
The projects, financially supported by World Bank and Asian Development Bank, will cost Tk 1414.61 crore.
Once the projects are completed, the compressor stations will help improve gas pressure while the transmission lines will feed more gas to the national gas grid, he added.
Hyundai Engineering Company Limited of South Korea is scheduled to install compressor stations, costing Tk 854.09 crore, at Ashuganj and Elenga by July 2013.
FERNAS Construction Company, Inc of Turkey is scheduled to construct a 60-kilometre and 30-inch-diameter gas transmission pipeline, costing Tk 460.52 crore, from Bakhrabad to Siddirganj by June 2013.
The six local companies are scheduled to construct a 163-kilometre long and 20-inch-diameter gas transmission pipeline, costing Tk 100 crore, from Bheramara to Khulna by July 2013.
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