Engineer Syed Mohammad Kabir, a project director, said the primary digging work of the gas well under Srikail East-1 gas field was completed on Wednesday evening.
Thirteen million cubic feet gas can be produced from the well per day which will be added to the national grid, he said.
Primary experimental work began on Tuesday and the authorities concerned said gas can be lifted from 3,054 to 3,082 metres below the surface.
Digging work of two gas fields – Salda North-1 and Srikail East-1 – has started under the government’s Rupkolpo-1 project, and the expenditure of Tk 162 crore will be provided from the gas development fund, said Kabir.
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The authorities concerned of the project did not lift gas from Salda North-1 field as it is found to be non-profitable, he said.
Officials of the project said the experimental work was done. Gas will be provided to the national grid through process plant after installing a 10km pipeline.
The drilling work under the surface was done in a vertical process and the logging work of the gas well was also done.
Earlier, Bapex announced discovery of a new gas well in Srikail of Cumilla's Muradnagar upazila on Tuesday.