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Present Condition And Outlook Of
Energy Resource Industry In
Bangladesh
Presented by :MD. Kazi Nazir Hossain
Deputy Secretary
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Sundarban : The world's largest mangrove forest andhome of the Royal Bengal Tiger.

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Srimangal: most of the tea gardens arelocated here. There is a Rain Forest.

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Cox's Bazar : The longest Sea Beach, 120 km (unbroken) in theworld. Miles of golden sands, rare conch shells etc. are found.
Cox's Bazar is called the tourist capital in Bangladesh.

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St. Martin Island: It is a small Island. The
area is 8 sq. km. It is only the place inBangladesh where you can observe living

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Kuakata: One of the most unique beaches inthe world having vast coast line from where
you can enjoy both the sunrise and sunset.

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Paharpur: It is the single largest Buddhist monastery in the world.
It was build between 7th to 8th century AD. It covers an area ofabout 27 acres, and consists of many structures enclosed by acontinuous line of walling.

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National Park : Situated in Rajendrapur, Gazipur, 40 km
north of Dhaka. This is a vast 1600 acres national recreationalforest. It's an ideal forest for those who love nature.

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National Memorial : It is situated at Savar near Dhaka city. It
was built to commemorate the martyrs of the war ofi dd

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Primary Energy of Bangladesh
Primary commercial energy resources in Bangladesh includei)
natural gasii)
oiliii) condensates from gasiv)coal, peatv)
bio-mass and renewable energy
Biomass plays an important role in the country’s energy
consumption particularly in the rural area.

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Commercial Energy of Bangladesh
Commercial resources of the country are well-developed natural gas sector
and undeveloped coal sector. Demand of energy increases at the rate of 7%
per annum in the country. To meet this increasing demand of energy a longterm strategic plan is under implementation for systematic exploration andproper appraisal both in the offshore and onshore areas in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has good potentialities of hydrocarbon in the offshore and deepsea areas.
Bangladesh has got the potentialities of solar energy (solar voltaic cell).
Government and non-government organization are working on it.
Government is also working for installation of nuclear power plant in thecountry to meet the increasing energy demand.

IEEJ : May 2011To provide energy for sustainable economic growth so that theeconomic development activities of different sectors are notconstrained due to shortage of energy.
To meet the energy needs of different zones of the country and socioeconomic groups.
To ensure optimum development of all the indigenous energy
sources.
To ensure sustainable operation of the energy utilities.
To ensure rational use of total energy sources.
To ensure environmentally sound sustainable energy development
programmes causing minimum damage to environment.
To encourage public and private sector participation in thedevelopment and management of the energy sector.

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Share of Primary Energy
Quantity in MTOE

Hydro
0.34%

Gas
45.97%Coal
0.78%

MTOE: Million tonne of Oil Equivalent

Biom ass
34.58%Petroleum
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Share of Commercial Energy
Quantity in MTOE

Hydro
0.8%

Petroleum
Products25%

Coal
1.2%
Gas73%IEEJ : May 2011

Natural Gas :In Bangladesh natural gas is one of the most important sources of energythat accounts for 73% of the commercial energy of the country. Till now 23
gas fields have been discovered in the country. As of December 2010 theestimated proven recoverable reserve was 15.32 TCF, total 9.43 TCF gas hasbeen already produced leaving only 5.89 TCF of recoverable category (P1),
5.31 TCF of probable (P2) and 7.01 TCF under possible (P3) category.
79 wells in 17 gas fields are in production. Average production of natural
gas was about 2000 MMCFD.
During present government’s tenure 284 MMCFD gas production capacity
has been increased.
Daily gas demand is 2500 MMCFD having shortages of about 500 MMCFD.

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CNG:
Government has been encouraging private sector participation forinstallation CNG re-fuelling stations. To facilitate CNG use, about 500CNG re-fuelling stations and 146 conversion workshops have alreadybeen set-up in the country and 1,88,034 CNG vehicles run in the country
as of February 2010.
CNG activities is keeping positive role in economy of the country.
Average CNG usage (approx.) is 110 MMCFD.

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Petroleum:
Bangladesh imports about 1.2 million metric tons of crude oil along with
2.6 million metric tons (approx) of refined petroleum products perannum. Locally liquid fuels in terms of condensate and other liquid
products are also extracted from different gas fields. Major consumer ofliquid fuel is transport followed by agriculture, industry andcommercial that is mostly met by imported liquid fuel.

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LPG:
Those hydrocarbons which are gaseous at normal atmospheric pressure,and condensed to the liquid state at normal temperature, stored andtransported as liquids under pressure about 200 psi. LPG evaporates toproduce about 250 times volume of gas. LPG is mostly made up ofpropane. It is mainly used for cooking and also in vehicles as fuel.
There are two main sources from which LP gases are produced(A) Wet Natural Gas (B) Refinery Operations (Crude Oil).
i) 22500 MTons of LPG produces from Refinery and Gas Condensate.
ii) Bangladesh import in private sector 73000 MTons of LPG yearlyiii) Present demand of LPG is around 3 Million Tons.

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Coal:
In Bangladesh, five coal deposits namely Barapukuria, Phulbari,
Dighipara (in Dinajpur District), Khalashpir (in Rangpur District) andJamalgonj (in Joypurhat District) were discovered. Total in-situ
proven+probable reserves is 3300 Million Tones. So far, only one coal
field i.e. Barapukuria has been developed. Commercial production ofBarapukuria coal mine commenced from 2005 with the targeted
capacity of one million metric tons per year and present average
production 0.6-0.8 Million Tones per year.

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Hydro Power:
There is one large hydro facility in the country at Kaptai, installed in the1960s and producing 1000GWh per year. More assessments forhydropower have to be carried out to identify handful possible sites.

Nuclear Energy:In Bangladesh steps are being taken to setup nuclear plants to meet up
the emerging demand of energy in future.

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Biogas:Biogas may be the most promising renewable energy resource forBangladesh. Presently there are ten thousands of households andvillage-level biogas plants in place throughout the country.

Solar photovoltaic:
Solar photovoltaic are in use throughout the country with over
2,00,000 household-level installations comprising around 12 MW
total capacity. Scaling-up of solar PV systems has been
supported by the World Bank and implemented through both
the Rural Electrification Board (REB) and the Infrastructure
Development Company (IDCOL).

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In Bangladesh total Installed Electricity Generation Capacity
5,400 MW, De-Rated Electricity Generation Capacity 4,800
MW and Generation Capacity around 4,000 MW. Totalaround 43% people have got access to electricity. Per capita
consumption of electricity is 165 kWh.

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Government has given emphasis on expansion on Renewable
Energy Technology. Through Renewable Energy power
shortage can be reduce to some extent and can supply
Energy to remote and inaccessible areas. This will help toestablish small and cottage industries and to educate andraise awareness on important issues to the people of remote
and inaccessible areas. It will have positive impact onpoverty reduction.

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Bangladesh imports 3.8 million Tons of Crude and Refined
Oil every year and this volume is increasing every year.
Middle East is a Oil reach country. They export Energy allover the World. So both Bangladesh and Middle East may
be benefited through cooperation on Energy.

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