Dhaka, July 29 -- Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex) has initiated drilling works at a new gas well in Boro Charigaon village under Nabipur Union of Senbagh upazila in Noakhali district.

If the drilling and subsequent Drill Stem Test (DST) are successfully completed, an estimated 7 million cubic feet of natural gas per day (mmcfd) could be added to the national grid, according to preliminary assessments by Bapex.

Bapex inaugurated the drilling operations for the project, titled "Sundalpur-4 Evaluation-cum-Development Well Drilling Project," on Tuesday afternoon and full-scale drilling operations commenced on Wednesday.

Zakir Hossain Khan, Drilling In-Charge of the Sundalpur-4 project, said the reser...