Haripur-NGFF Gas Pipeline

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Haripur-NGFF Gas Pipeline (also known as Haripur-Natural Gas Fertilizer Factory Pipeline) is an operating natural gas pipeline in Bangladesh.[1][2]

Location

The pipeline runs from the Haripur gas field to the NGFF at Fenchuganj, Sylhet District, Bangladesh.[3]

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Project Details

  • Operator: Jalalabad Gas Transmission & Distribution Systems Limited (JGTDSL)
  • Parent Company: Petrobangla
  • Current capacity: 62 million cubic feet per day
  • Length: 28 mi / 43 km
  • Status: Operating
  • Start Year: 1961

Background

The Haripur-NGFF gas pipeline is operated by JGTDSL, a subsidiary of Petrobangla.[1]

The Natural Gas Fertilizer Factory (NGFF) in Fenchuganj, Sylhot is Bangladesh's oldest urea fertilizer plant, built with Japanese assistance in 1961. It is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Kushiara River.[2]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Annual Report, Petrobangla, 2016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 POLLUTION REDUCTION WITHOUT FORMAL REGULATION: EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH, The World Bank, Jan. 1993.
  3. Historical Background, Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited, accessed August 2018.

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