Dhaka, April 19 -- Drilling has commenced for the country's first deep exploration well at the Titas Gas Field in Brahmanbaria, a move expected to add 15 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) to the national grid.

AKM Mizanur Rahman, director (finance) of Petrobangla, inaugurated the drilling operations at the Budhal area in Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila on Sunday afternoon.

The Titas Gas Field, operated by the Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL), currently supplies approximately 325 mmcfd from 22 active wells.

The field has faced a steady decline in both reserves and pressure over decades of extraction, leading to a drop in overall production.

To counter this, BGFCL initiated a 3D seismic survey, which identified the poten...