State Minister for Power, Energy and Minerals Resources Nasrul Hamid recently visited Chevron Bangladesh operated Bibiyana Gas Plant.
Chevron Bangladesh Managing Director and President, Eric M Walker greeted him along with Muhammad Imrul Kabir, Director Corporate Affairs and Carl Bourque, the Bibiyana Gas Plant Superintendent.
During his visit, the state minister inaugurated the Bibiyana Optimization Project by unveiling a stone plaque. Bibiyana Turbo Expander project includes Turbo Expander and Booster Compressor. The Turbo Expander lowers the plant pressure, optimizes gas production and adds to the condensate production. The Booster Compressor slows down the decline of the gas reserve of the field.
Bibiyana Optimization project is a testament to the strong partnership between the government of Bangladesh, Petrobangla, and Chevron Bangladesh, and aims to enhance the production capacity and efficiency of the Bibiyana gas field, the highest producing gas field in the country.
Later, he visited the Bibiyana gas plant process plant. The state minister expressed his gratitude for remarkable achievements of Chevron Bangladesh and ongoing endeavors in Bangladesh and highlighted the company’s promising potential and opportunities in the country’s energy sector using the leading media outlets of the nation.
The minister was accompanied by Habiganj-1 MP Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury, Petrobangla chairman Zanendra Nath Sarker, and Deputy Commissioner of Habiganj Zilufa Sultana, and other high officials of Petrobangla, BAPEX and Power, Energy and Mineral resources division.
Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, involved in virtually every aspect of the energy industry. Chevron Bangladesh Block Twelve, Ltd. and Chevron Bangladesh Blocks Thirteen & Fourteen, Ltd. (“Chevron Bangladesh”) is the largest producer of natural gas in Bangladesh, accounting for about 60 percent of total domestic natural gas production and over 80 percent of the domestic condensate production.
Chevron Bangladesh operates three gas fields in the northeast of the country, said a release.
