The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), or LNG terminal, operated by Excelerate Energy at Maheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar, resumed gas supply today after a three-day shutdown.
Petrobangla Chairman Abdul Mannan said, “The FSRU resumed operations at around 2pm today and is currently supplying around 100 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas to the national grid.”
Gas supplied from the country’s two LNG terminals has pushed total LNG-based supply to around 686 mmcfd, while another nearly 300 mmcfd could be added to the national grid by midnight.
Mannan said an LNG cargo was scheduled to arrive on Sunday (Aug 23), but reached the terminal a day ahead of schedule. As a result, the terminal resumed supplying gas to the national grid today.
According to him, LNG-based gas supply stood at around 580 mmcfd at 2pm. Following the arrival of the new LNG cargo, the supply began to rise and has now reached around 686 mmcfd.
Summit is currently supplying around 580 mmcfd of the total LNG-based gas. Meanwhile, the country’s overall gas supply has increased to around 2,300 mmcfd.
“We are working to bring more cargoes to keep gas supply at a reliable level,” the Petrobangla chairman said.
Petrobangla said the Excelerate Energy LNG terminal at Maheshkhali was shut down following a fire on July 21. Although the terminal later resumed LNG supply, operations were suspended again on August 19 due to a lack of LNG cargo.
