, July 19 -- owned Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL) has taken an initiative to drill three new gas and oil wells as part of efforts to ease the country's gas shortage and reduce dependence on costly imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The wells - Rashidpur-13, Dupitila-1 and Kailashtila-9 - are expected to add 3 crore cubic feet of gas per day to the national grid once drilling is completed, officials said.

At present, SGFL supplies around 14.20 crore cubic feet of gas daily to the national grid from its 17 functioning wells.

SGFL Managing Director Engr Md Faruque Hossain said, "SGFL is currently supplying 14.2 crore cubic feet of gas to the national grid every day. Once drilling of the three wells is completed, an additional 3 cro...