Grid feed exceeds 2,500 mmcfd following weather clearance; industrial and domestic lines stabilize
Gas Supply Normalizes as LNG Unloading Resumes at Maheshkhali
- LNG transfer resumes at Summit Floating Terminal in Maheshkhali after maritime weather conditions clear
- Total gas injection into the national grid rebounds to 2,525 mmcfd by Friday afternoon
- Spot cargo supplied by TotalEnergies from Indonesia restores RLNG flow to 918 mmcfd
Overcoming temporary weather-induced maritime disruptions, national gas distribution stabilized on Friday, 25 September 2026, as offloading of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) resumed at the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) off Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar. The restoration of terminal operations has directly elevated transmission pressures across the national transmission network.
Confirming the recovery, Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources Corporation (Petrobangla) Director (Operations & Mines) Engineer Md. Shoeb announced that distribution operations began normalizing from 7:00 AM. He noted that comprehensive delivery into the national grid has crossed 2,500 million standard cubic feet per day (mmcfd), with pipeline pressures anticipated to climb higher as offloading reaches peak rates, alleviating supply deficits in the industrial, power generation, and residential sectors.
According to Petrobangla’s operational telemetry, total grid intake stood at 2,341 mmcfd by 10:00 AM, comprising 1,603 mmcfd extracted from domestic gas fields and 738 mmcfd regasified from imported LNG (RLNG). By 2:00 PM, aggregate transmission volumes surged to 2,525 mmcfd, supported by 1,607 mmcfd from indigenous extraction fields and 918 mmcfd delivered through the FSRU infrastructure.
Sources within Petrobangla confirmed that offshore offloading commenced around 7:00 AM at Summit’s offshore terminal from an LNG carrier sourced from Indonesia via TotalEnergies through spot market procurement frameworks.
The preceding operational bottleneck occurred on Thursday when severe adverse weather and high swells across the Bay of Bengal forced a precautionary suspension of ship-to-ship LNG transfers at the Maheshkhali deep-water terminal. The resulting shortfall in regasified fuel severely constrained supply across Dhaka and surrounding industrial belts. With sea conditions returning to safe operating thresholds, rapid offloading protocols successfully re-established supply parity across the national grid.
//DBTech/JNDP/SPE/MIST//
