Dhaka, March 15 -- Bangladesh's national gas grid Saturday started receiving around 8.0 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of natural gas from onshore Srikail-5 hydrocarbon well that boosts domestic fuel supply at crisis time.

State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) drilled the well during last September- to - January period at a cost of around Tk 1.32 billion.

State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Anindya Islam Amit inaugurated the facility at a function on the well premises.

According to BAPEX, this development well is expected to supply gas for around 10 years.

The well has an estimated natural gas reserve of 40 billion cubic feet (Bcf), of which aro...