Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited () is a

Bangladesh government The Cabinet of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের মন্ত্রিসভা) is the chief executive body of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The cabinet is the collective decision-making body of the entire government under ...

owned major gas distribution company that is responsible for distributing gas in

Chittagong District Chittagong District, renamed the Chattogram District, is a district located in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division. The port city of Chattogram, which is the second largest city in Bangladesh, is ...

and the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

History

Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited was established in February 2010 by the Government of Bangladesh as a Joint Stock company. Its starting authorized capital was 30 million taka. Power production was stopped in

Raozan Power Station Raozan Power Station is a gas-fired thermal power station in Bangladesh. It is located in Raozan Upazila Raozan,gohira ( bn, রাউজান) is an upazila of Chattogram District, in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It was established in 194 ...

and Shikalbaha Peaking Power Plant in 2012 due to Karnaphuli company not being able to supply adequate gas. In 2018, the company bought in the first Liquefied Natural Gas shipment in Bangladesh from Qatar and planned to distribute it in Chittagong City. In February 2019, a rupture of the company line led to three days of gas outage in

Chittagong City Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

, the second largest city of Bangladesh.

References

Organisations based in Chittagong Government-owned companies of Bangladesh Oil and gas companies of Bangladesh Bangladeshi companies established in 2010 {{Bangladesh-org-stub