Cairn ups price on potential gas finds

 
Tue, Oct 14th, 2008 9:26 pm BdST
 
 
Dhaka, Oct 14 (bdnews24.com)—Energy ministry officials will meet Wednesday to discuss a proposal from Cairn Energy regarding potential gas finds in Hatia and Moghnama.
 
Cairn has newly proposed a higher than contract price to Petrobangla, for any gas found in the two fields, or that the Scottish [...]

Barapukuria coal export proposal shelved

Sharier Khan, The Daily Star
 
 
Authorities have shelved a proposal to export 200,000 tonnes of high quality and expensive coal by the Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) and asked it to go for local market sale first.
 
Sources say frustrated by a lack of interest in local buyers, who prefer cheaper but environmentally hazardous coal from [...]

Use 2.5b tonne coal for energy security

Use 2.5b tonne coal for energy security
Recommends UNDP-Bangladesh report
 
By, Sharier Khan, The Daily Star
 
 
A UNDP-Bangladesh report recommends increasing the use of coal resources to avert a deep energy crisis that would affect economic growth in near future.
 
“The estimated resources of 2.5 billion tonnes of coal in Bangladesh are equivalent to 65 trillion cubic feet [...]