Published: 12:22 AM, 23 August 2026
Excelerate terminal resumes gas supply
Supply of imported gas rose by 106 million cubic feet between noon and 6pm on Saturday, officials said. -AA
The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), or LNG terminal, operated by Excelerate Energy at Maheshkhali in Cox's Bazar on Saturday resumed gas supply to the national grid following three days shutdown.
Supply of imported gas rose by 106 million cubic feet between noon and 6pm on Saturday, officials said.
Officials of Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) said the terminal resumed supply using LNG already in its storage.
Petrobangla Chairman Abdul Mannan said an LNG cargo was scheduled to arrive on Sunday (Aug 23), but it arrived a day ahead of the schedule, so the terminal started supplying of gas to the national grid on Saturday.
He said at around 2:00 pm on Saturday, LNG-based gas supply stood at only 580 mmcfd. Following the arrival of the new LNG cargo, supply began to increase and now it reached around 686 mmcfd.
According to Petrobangla, the Excelerate energy LNG terminal at Maheshkhali was shut down following a fire on July 21. Although the terminal later resumed LNG supply, but operation was suspended again from August 19 as there was no LNG cargo available.
>>Bashir Al Mamun, AA
