Financial Express, 26 July 2012
The Muchai compressor station at Bahubal Upazilla in Habigonj district installed by the Chevron Bangladesh Limited has boosted the capacity of pipeline system by 200 million square cubic feet extra gas to the national transmission line, the Petro-Bangla Chairman said.
The Muchai has increased pressure by 22 per cent up to 1100 pounds from previous 900 pounds per square inch into new gas turbine-driven compressors, 15,000 horsepower each.
According to Chevron Bangladesh Media Officer, high-pressure of gas compressed in the Muchai is returning into the pipeline system where it is flowing to the south at a rate of over 1.1 billion cubic feet per day and meeting up with its eager customers at Ashuganj, Dhaka and Western Bangladesh.
At the same time, there are opportunities for much bigger increases in the pipeline system capacity that will support further expansion of Chevron’s gas production, the Chevron media source said.
The media source said “We are especially excited by the GTCL’s plans to construct the new Bibiyana-Dhanua pipeline. GTCL is also moving forward with new compressor stations at Ashuganj and Elenga that will add capacity similar to Muchai”.
Chevron Bangladesh has now worked over 30 million hours since the last serious injury. That’s equivalent to one person working 15,000 years without a serious injury.
“Here at Muchai, we had a peak workforce of over 750 during construction without even a single minor injury. we are proud to have overcome the many challenges of implementing such a complex facility like Muchai while achieving startup only 25 months after construction began”, the Chevron official said.
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