Dhaka—Bangladesh has made at least asmall inroad into its national natural gasshortfall, with the startup of the Sundalpuronshore field March 17.The new field, in block 15 in the Noakhalidistrict, 200 km (124 miles) southeast ofDhaka, is currently supplying around 10,000Mcf/day of gas to the national grid, Bangla-desh Petroleum Exploration and ProductionCompany Managing Director Mortuza AhmadFaruque said March 19.
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