Bangladesh, May 22 -- On April 19, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud stood on the floor of Parliament and briefed the House on the state of the country's most precious natural resource - gas.

Over the years, Bangladesh's total recoverable gas reserves had come to stand at 29.74 trillion cubic feet, Iqbal Hasan reported. Of which 22.11 trillion cubic feet, roughly three quarters had been extracted by December 2025, leaving a remaining reserve of 7.63 trillion cubic feet as of January 1, 2026.

And how long could that last?

According to the energy minister, unless new gas fields are discovered and supply continues at the current rate of approximately 1.7 billion cubic feet per day, these reserves would run ou...