Shahbazpur Gas Field (Bengali: শাহবাজপুর গ্যাসক্ষেত্র) is a natural gas field located in Bhola District of Bangladesh. It is controlled by Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX).[1]
Geology
Shahbazpur gas field is located in Shahbazpur area of Borhanganj union of Borhanuddin Upazila. BAPEX, the state-owned company discovered it in 1995.[1] It is about 32 km north of the Bhola North-1 Gas Field.[2][3]
Shahbazpur gas field is in the Bengal basin area. The geological name of the ground structure is called 'stratigraphic Structure'.[4] Other gas fields in the country have been discovered in the Surma Basin, that is called 'anti-cline structures.[5]
Discovery
According to the report of the Geology and Geophysics Limited, the availability of gas in Bhola was first known in 1952.[6] Later, PakistanShell Oil Company Conducted a Single 2D Seismic surveys. After the independence of Bangladesh, a real seismic survey of the face-2 was conducted between 1974 and 1975. According to BAPEX source, the Shahbazpur gas field was found by a two-dimensional seismic survey in Bhola in 1986.[3]BOGMC conducted a seismic survey in Fase-3A in 1987.[6] According to the survey report, the excavation was started at Shahbazpur-1 gas field in 1994.[4]
Based on the gas obtained from the gas field, 35.5 MW rental power plant and a power plant with a capacity of 225 MW have been set up at Bhola's Borhanuddin.[7] Besides, gas is supplied from this gas field to the residential line of Bhola through the Sundarban Gas Company.[8]
