Bangladesh
Resources: Crude Oil and Natural Gas Liquids
Extract from the 1998 Survey of Energy Resources (SER)
BANGLADESH
| Proved amount in place (crude oil and NGL’s, million tonnes) | - |
| Proved recoverable reserves (crude oil and NGL’s, million tonnes) | 1 |
| Production (crude oil and NGL’s, million tonnes, 1996) | 0.1 |
| R/P ratio (years) | 4.6 |
| Year of first commercial production | 1973 |
Oil resources are extremely small, being confined to a single oil field (Haripur) in the Sylhet area of north-east Bangladesh and a number of gas fields producing small amounts of condensate. Total oil output in 1996 was only just over 100000 tonnes, an annual level that has remained virtually the same for the past 10 years.
Resources: Electricity
Review of Energy Sector Liberalisation Status
6.5.3 BANGLADESH
Control
State-owned monopoly.Structure
Dhaka ESA has been split up and corporatised as DESCO. A transmission authority has also been set up.Price Regulation
Regulated by government.Developments
Some international private power projects exist however there is currently no major move towards liberalisation.Copyright ©
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