Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL) yesterday started drilling the 17th well of Titas gas field in Brahmanbaria.
Md Abdul Manna, deputy commissioner of Brahmanbaria, and Md Shafiur Rahman, managing director of BGFCL, inaugurated the drilling work yesterday in south-east zone of the field on the west bank of the Titas river.
According to BGFCL office sources, the drilling work of the 17th Titas well is expected to be completed around this year's November or December.
The well is likely to supply 30 to 35 million cubic feet of natural gas to the national grid. BGFCL will bear the cost of drilling the well.
BGFCL appointed Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration & Production Company Limited (BAPEX), a state-owned exploration and production company, to drill the well.
There are six gas fields --- Titas, Habiganj, Bakharabad, Norsingdi, Meghna and Kamta -- under BGFCL.
BGFCL is set to drill seven more gas wells by 2013. The company alone is now supplying 37 percent of total gas to the national grid daily.