Published : 04 Aug 2026, 01:47 AM
Updated : 08 Sep 2026, 09:30 AM
Bangladesh Oil, Gas, and Mineral Resources Corporation (Petrobangla) Chairman Md Abdul Mannan has suggested the first unit of the accident-damaged floating LNG terminal in Moheshkhali may be operational this week.
He said the second unit of the terminal is expected to be repaired and brought back into operation by Aug 10.
Commenting on the progress of the repairs, Mannan told bdnews24.com on Monday: “Maximum efforts are being made to get the terminal up and running quickly.”
LNG brought by sea is stored in floating terminals. Later, it is converted back into gas and sent to the national grid through pipelines.
Two floating terminals at Moheshkhali are used for the process. One of them was shut down on Jul 21 following an accident, disrupting gas supplies across the country.
State Minister for Power Aninda Islam Amit said the Moheshkhali LNG terminal had caught fire before collapsing.
He said, “The consequences of the fire could have been more dire. Especially since an LNG cargo was near the terminal, it could have caused a major accident.”
The state minister said earlier that the country's daily gas demand stands at around 3,800 million cubic feet, while normal supplies total about 2,700 million cubic feet, including both domestic production and imported LNG.
Domestic production accounts for around 1,600 to 1,650 million cubic feet a day, while imported LNG contributes another 1,000 to 1,100 million cubic feet.
According to Amit, imported LNG supplies have fallen by nearly half following the shutdown of one of Bangladesh’s two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs).
The disruption has affected consumers ranging from households to industrial users.
Industry leaders say gas supplies to garment factories could fall below 40 percent following the shutdown of the LNG terminal, reducing production capacity to between 35 percent and 40 percent.
