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Bangladesh Gas Crisis Exposes LNG Logistics and Concentration Risks
Bangladesh does not currently have enough gas to meet its needs.
In mid-August, it had about 2,420 million cubic feet per day, while demand was about 3,800 million.
This shortage affected factories, fuel stations, homes and power plants.
Much of Bangladesh’s imported gas arrives as LNG.
The LNG must travel through ships, terminals, pipelines and distribution networks before reaching users.
One floating terminal operated by Excelerate Energy stopped working after a fire and technical problems.
Bad weather also delayed unloading at another terminal, and stored LNG ran out.
The report says these problems showed that Bangladesh relies too heavily on two nearby terminals.
It also said declining domestic gas production makes the country more exposed to global prices, foreign exchange needs and shipping disruptions.
Bangladesh had about 2,420 MMcfd of gas available in mid-August against demand of roughly 3,800 MMcfd.
The shortfall disrupted factories, filling stations, households and power plants.
Excelerate Energy’s floating terminal went offline after a fire and technical problems.
Weather-related unloading delays and exhausted LNG inventories further interrupted supplies.
Bangladesh’s two FSRUs near Moheshkhali Island provide an estimated 30–37% of national gas needs, creating concentration risk.
- Who
- Bangladesh’s gas consumers, LNG import infrastructure and Excelerate Energy are central to the report.
- What
- A major gas supply shortfall was caused by disruptions across Bangladesh’s LNG import and distribution chain.
- Where
- Bangladesh, including the LNG facilities located off Moheshkhali Island.
- When
- The report describes conditions in mid-August; it does not provide a specific year.
- Why
- A terminal outage, weather-related unloading delays, exhausted LNG inventories, limited infrastructure redundancy and declining domestic production reduced supply.
Key facts
- Gas availability
- About 2,420 million cubic feet per day in mid-August
- National demand
- About 3,800 million cubic feet per day
- Estimated shortfall
- About 1,380 million cubic feet per day
- Main infrastructure
- Two floating storage and regasification units off Moheshkhali Island
- Share of gas needs
- The two FSRUs supply an estimated 30–37% of national gas demand
- Key outage
- Excelerate Energy’s FSRU went offline after a fire and technical problems
- Additional disruption
- Weather-related unloading delays left terminal inventories exhausted
Quotes
The Daily Star
Bangladesh-based newspaper cited as the source of the report
“Excelerate’s terminal later also exhausted its LNG inventory while waiting for its next cargo. These were separate incidents, but together they exposed the same weakness: the country’s LNG supply chain does not have enough redundancy”
thehansindia.com
“A port operator would hesitate to route a critical share of national trade through only two pieces of infrastructure located at essentially the same gateway”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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