Gas production in Bhola is carried out by BAPEX, which supplies it to consumers through Sundarban Gas Distribution Company. According to BAPEX, after production, the gas is processed and supplied through pipelines.
Since the beginning, one 70-million-cubic-feet-per-day processing unit has been operating at Shahbazpur. Later, a temporary 20-million-cubic-feet unit was added, and two years ago, another 60-million-cubic-feet processing unit was installed. Despite this, production capacity remains underutilised. On Wednesday, the four wells produced 71 million cubic feet of gas, but the consumer-level distributor, Sundarban Gas Company, cannot fully take it.
Sundarban Gas Company says that gas is currently supplied to three power plants in Bhola, two captive power units (industrial self-generation), industrial factories, and 2,500 households. There are no new consumers, and no new industrial plants have been set up in Bhola. As a result, demand has not increased for several years. If the gas could be transported to Khulna, supply could be expanded.