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Sylhet Fractionation Plant
Project papers gather dust as 3,000 barrels of NGL burnt out daily


Setting up of an NGL Fractionation Plant in Sylhet remained a far cry even three years after short-listing of six firms following floating of international tender for the purpose.

The plant was planned to ensure proper utilization of the huge quantity of NGL found in good proportion in raw gas produced by the six gas fields in Golapganj-Beanibazar region, unlike in the in other regions. Such gas is considered 'wet gas'.


Every day, gas fields in Sylhet region produce a huge quantity of NGL as a by-product, which is being flared up burnt for years.

The proposed plant would produce Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel.

About 3000 barrels of NGL is being burnt every day from the four gas wells in Kailashtila (Golapganj) and two in Beanibazar, officials said.

The gas produced in the two Beanibazar gas fields contains a very high percentage of 'wet contents'.

The officials said sixteen barrels of condensate is available from one million CFT gas of Beanibazar Gas Field and 13 barrels from one million CFT gas of Kailashtila Gas Field.


In 2000, the ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources conducted a feasibility study and field survey in Golapganj and Beanibazar upazilas, the probable location for the proposed gigantic plant.

The six-member body having representatives from the Bang-ladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), LP Gas Limited, Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL), Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited (RPGCL) and Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL) and headed by the Petrobangla Secretary visited the sites and suggested setting up the plant.


The approximate expenditure for the plant was estimated at US $ 30 million at that time.

Accordingly, international tender was floated and six bidders were short-listed.


Structural work of the joint venture plant was scheduled to begin in late 2001. But nothing has been done so far.


Talking to The Daily Star some gas officials said Golapganj-Beanibazar region is the best site for the proposed fractionation plant as it can ensure the best utilisation of the costly NGL, which is found in good proportion without any additional investment.

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Article Contributed by: - Eng Ebadur Rahman (Son of Hazi Md Johir Ali).

Village: Mathiura - Purush Pal.