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Oil reserves, which can produce 500-600 barrels per day, have been discovered at Sylhet-10 well, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Sunday (10 December). In total, four layers of reserve fuel have also been identified.
The first layer, at a depth of 1,400 metres is where oil was found. Although no gas was found in the first layer, more tests need to be conducted before the full picture can be understood.
Oil was first discovered in Rangpur's Haripur field back in the late 80's. The authorities back then ran a drilling stamp test to pump out around 500 barrels of the thick oil. The technique they used, however, was applicable for gas production and not oil.
Later, the government decided the field was not commercially viable and it was abandoned.
The first time Bangladesh had struck commercially feasible oil was back in 2012.
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