Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- Bangladesh plans to launch three to four floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) to ease its gas shortage, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said.

Investors from China, the United States and South Korea are interested, he said on Monday at a discussion organised by the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Dhaka.

"Offshore and onshore gas exploration is being accelerated. Alongside exploration under contracts, we have decided to strengthen Bapex and drill 150 wells, and approval has been given to purchase the necessary equipment," he said.

"To address the gas shortage, we plan to launch three to four new FSRUs, involving private investors from Korea, China and America."

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