NATURAL GAS RESERVES (PROVEN & PROBABLE) AND

ITS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

Sl.
No.

Name of Gas Fields

Year of
Nos. Of
Discovery Wells

Chemical Composition of Gas (Volume Percent)

Daily Max.
Production
Capacity
(MMCF)

Proven & Probable

Reserves (BCF)

Recoverable (Proven +
Cumulative
Probable) Reserve
Production (Upto
(BCF)
June '01) (BCF)

Methane

A.

Gross Calorific
Value
(BTU/CFT)

Net Recoverable
Reserve (BCF)
Ethane

Propane

ISOButane

N-butane

High
Compositi
on

Nitrogen

Specific
Gravity

Remarks

Carbon-di
oxide

Under BGFCL:

Bakhrabad

1969

95

1,432.000

867.000

Begumganj

1977

25.000

15.000

592.772
-

274.228

94.20

3.65

0.72

0.20

0.10

15.000

95.46

3.19

0.64

0.17

0.04

Narsingdi/Belabo

1990

23

194.000

126.000

32.280

93.720

94.79

2.49

0.60

0.20

0.15

Feni

1981

178.000

125.000

40.000

85.000

95.71

3.29

0.65

0.15

0.05

Habiganj

1963

175

3,669.000

1,895.000

855.705

1,039.295

97.60

1.31

0.27

0.08

0.04

0.24
-

0.42
-

0.13
-

0.34

0.5970

Producing

0.5833

Non-Producing

0.6070

Producing

0.38

1,049.84

0.5782

Producing

0.07

1,023.91

0.5700

Producing

0.51

1,043.13

0.5743

Abandoned

0.5910

Producing

Kamta

1981

33.000

23.000

21.100

1.900

95.36

3.57

0.47

0.09

Megna

1990

20

159.000

104.000

25.628

78.372

95.15

2.83

0.60

0.16

0.09

0.07

0.37

0.53

Titas

1,848.035

251.965

97.33

1.72

0.35

0.08

0.05

0.06

0.30

0.11

1,031.55

0.5720

Producing

333.000

93.68

3.94

0.71

0.20

0.07

0.04

0.46

0.90

1,046.21

0.5800

Non-Producing

96.32

2.16

0.45

0.12

0.07

0.05

0.27

0.56

1,032.60

0.5700

Producing

0.12

1,061.95

1.60

Producing

1,005.71

0.55

Abandoned

0.06

1,043.33

0.57

Non-Producing

0.34

1,050.68

0.55

Producing

1,056.00

0.59

Producing

0.05

1,012.00

0.57

Producing

0.36

0.07

1,041.66

0.59

0.44

0.60

1,058.00

0.59

0.86

0.35

10 Shaldanadi

1962

11

302

4,138.000

2,100.000

1995

514.000

333.000

1996

Sub-Total (A)
B.

200.000

140.000

17.535

122.465

622

9,828.000

5,255.000

3,415.520

1,839.480

0.15

9 Shahbazpur

1,057.73
1,045.61

0.60

0.06

0.47
0.30

Under SGFL:

Beanibazar

1981

243.000

167.000

5.802

161.198

93.68

3.43

1.10

Chattak

1959

447.000

268.000

27.000

241.000

97.90

1.80

0.20

Fenchuganj

1988

350.000

210.000

210.000

95.66

2.50

0.63

0.11

0.04

Sylhet/Horipur

1955

444.000

266.000

167.066

98.934

96.63

2.00

0.05

0.14

0.01

0.17

0.66

Kailastilla

1962

100

3,657.000

2,529.000

246.563

2,282.437

95.57

2.70

0.94

0.21

0.20

0.14

0.24

Rashidpur

1960

82

2,242.000

1,309.000

212.107

1,096.893

98.00

1.21

0.24

0.17

0.02

188

7,383.000

4,749.000

658.538

4,090.462

Sub-Total (B)
C.

0.29
-

1.23
-

0.17

0.99

Under IOC:

1 Jalalabad (Occidental)

1989

120

1,195.000

815.000

67.295

747.705

93.50

Kutubdia

1977

780.000

468.000

468.000

95.72

2.87

0.67

Sangu (Cairns)

1996

60

1,031.000

848.000

731.595

94.51

3.17

0.61

Semutang (Cairns)

1969

164.000

98.000

98.000

96.94

1.70

0.14

2,401.000

116.405

5 Bibiyana

1998

3,150.000

2,401.000

6 Moulavibazar

1999

500.000

400.000

Sub-Total(C)

6,820.000

5,030.000

183.700

4,446.300

Grand Total (In BCF)

24,031.000

15,034.000

4,257.758

10,376.242

Grand Total (In TCF)

24.031

15.034

4.258

10.376

Source: Production & Marketing Division, Petrobangla

0.19
-

0.31
0.07
0.01

0.41
-

Producing
Non-Producing
Producing
Non-Producing

Non-Producing

Non-Producing