For immediately adopting an appropriate coal mining strategy Saleque Sufi Courtesy the Financial Express – 7th July, 2010 There is no dearth of proposals for short-, medium- and long-term actions to help overcome the problems that the country is now facing in its vital energy sector. Seminars, symposia and round-table meetings have been held aplenty, both at home and abroad, in the last couple of years for synergising actions to confront the prevailing and emerging energy crisis. Issues that are relevant to energy crisis and gas crunch are now, by and large, known. So also some possible...

Exploitation of Phulbari coal deposit is a must   AKM Sahmsuddin   Courtesy The Financial Express, 18th. May 2010 Proposal of Asia Energy: Asia Energy proposed to extract about 10-15 million tons of coal from Phulbari Coal Field adopting open-pit mining method from a depth ranging from 250 to 300 meters by removing 4400 million tons of overburden (rock, sand, mud, soil) covering an area of about 5.2 sq. km. throughout the life of the mine. The life of the mine is estimated to be 36-38 years. Mining operations will mainly consists of dewatering of aquifer, cleaning and top soil stripping,...

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ICC-B meet focuses on joint PPP bid to fight power crisis Courtesy: The Financial Express 14.04.2010 In an effort to cement ties between the public and private sectors, businessmen urged the government to devise a fast-track approach to facilitate their way to participate along with the authorities in the fight against the nagging power crisis. Investment in power generation and hydrocarbon exploration should be taken on a war footing and the private sector should be encouraged to take part in the process in a realistic manner, the entrepreneurs said at a conference on energy for growth...

Environmental impact study before launch of coal-mining Courtesy: The Financial Express November 5, 2009 M Azizur Rahman The government will carry out a study to assess social and environmental impacts of coalmining before the launch of long-awaited mining in the northern region of the country for extracting coal, officials said Tuesday. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has already been requested for funding the study, a senior official of the energy ministry told the FE. He said the study would help extract maximum quantity of coal utilising the world’s most modern...

Experts suggest multi-pronged strategy to ease energy crisis Courtesy: The Financial Express 13.04.2010 M Azizur Rahman Energy experts have recommended for implementing multi-pronged strategies simultaneously to ease the unprecedented energy crisis the country is now facing as a consequence of imprudent planning by the authorities for long. The government should work rigorously for ramping up natural gas and electricity output, ensure optimum use of gas fields and power plants, implement energy-mix in consumption they suggested, while talking to the FE Monday. The country is now reeling under...

ICC Bangladesh Introduction to ICC conference on energy Courtesy: The Financial Express 13.04.2010 The Bangladesh economy has been growing at about six percent annually over the last few years. Of the sources of growth, the most prominent contribution has been from manufacturing; in fact, growth of the manufacturing sector has sometimes been in the double digits. Many feel the country has reached a take-off stage, where self-sustaining growth may soon be possible. One of the necessary, though not sufficient, conditions for development of the manufacturing sector in Bangladesh is the...

Coal in Phulbari, Birampur – Economy and Politics. Coal is the most highly used source of energy for generating power in the world. Although, it has adverse environmental impacts, it is so widely used mainly because it is relatively cheap, abundantly available and readily fits with traditional power generation technologies. It is extracted from mines using both underground and surface mining techniques – either of them having advantages and disadvantages. Surface mining methods (i.e., open pit, strip or mountain top) are implemented in areas that are remote from human habitations and...

M Azizur Rahman Courtesy The Financial Express April 5, 2009 International Oil Companies (IOCs) have made a mass exodus from the country’s hydrocarbon blocks, leaving them with only one more stretch to explore and raising serious questions over Bangladesh’s energy security. The IOCs, which have rights to explore oil and gas in 10 out of the country’s leased-out 46 blocks, have abandoned their drilling drive in four stretches in the past five weeks as they found the areas “commercially not...

Energy in Dinajpur http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/01/04/55038.html PANCHAGARH, Jan 3 2009: The people of Tirnaihat union parishad under Tentulia Upazila demanded starting of exploration work in the abandoned oil mine at Shalbahan in Panchagarh district. In 1972 the oil well of Tentulia Shalbahan was sealed mysteriously though there was almost 80 per cent possibility to get oil from the mine. Talking with the local people of Tentulia, enthusiastic information was received about the sealed oil mine. Abdul Kuddus (60) of Shalbahan said that it is unbelievable that there is no...