‘Bangladesh holds largest oil, gas reserves in Asia Pacific’

[Homo Sapiens]

In two most promising block near Arakan came out dry in Conoco-Philips 2 dimensional seismic survey.

Gache Kathal rekhe gufhe tel dia lav nai.

I am not betting on this minister's claim.I just posted the news.It may or may not have.Only serious exploration activity can tell how much is there.Till then we are agonstic.

@TopCat @Nilgiri read this news.13 tcf is not the ultimate amount.

12:00 AM, June 16, 2016 / LAST MODIFIED: 05:06 AM, June 16, 2016
Bangladesh will not run out of gas any time soon
Badrul Imam
The possibility of natural gas being exhausted within a decade or a decade and half worries us all. It is easily understandable how the industries, power plants and many others could be affected if gas is depleted in near future. In spite of the fact that the government is serious and sincere about finding alternative energy sources, there is not much progress visible in this respect yet.

According to Petrobangla, the remaining reserve of gas in the country at present is about 13 Tcf. In the face of increasing gas demand in the country, this reserve would run for about 10 to 12 years. Or should the gas production be regulated downwards, this would run for some more years. But what will happen after that? Many believe that this will result in the country being devoid of gas.

The idea that reserves can grow and new reserves could be added is not given enough room in the minds of the energy players. This is due to a lack of foresightedness that a strong and long term exploration campaign could change the way we take for granted the scenario of depleting gas sources. In the practical front, we see a very weak exploration programme, whereby drillings are only few and far between.

However, reserve growth and new reserve addition have been noticed in Bangladesh in the previous decades and it would by all likeliness happen further if a strong exploration campaign is launched. The Bangladesh delta, being the largest in the world, is least likely to be devoid of gas so early in its exploration history, because deltas, throughout the world, tend to be very rich in gas or oil. The exploration in Bangladesh remains at an immature stage and it is too early to contemplate a depleted gas scenario.


The reserve growths: In 1993, the remaining reserve of gas in the country was estimated at about 10 Tcf which would run, as it was suggested at that time, for about 10 to 12 years. But in 2001, the remaining reserve of gas was recorded at about 15 Tcf (Petrobangla 2001). It was again thought that this would be exhausted in around 10 to 15 years. Yet in 2011, the remaining reserve was found to be 15 Tcf (Petrobangla 2011). It means that instead of depleting, the reserve actually grew.

Would this trend of reserve growth continue? Certainly not. Reserve growth will stop at a time in the future depending on the maturity stage of exploration in the area. For an area where exploration reaches a mature stage, depletion of gas may appear to be more realistic. But for an area like Bangladesh, where exploration is far from reaching a mature stage, it is naive to suggest that gas would be exausted after the consumption of the presently known reserve.

Bangladesh is unlikely to find very large new onshore gas fields, but there are certainly many small sized gas fields waiting to be discovered. The offshore is even less explored, yet it holds great possibilities. For the general readers, a geological review of the above may be put forward in “soft technical” terms.

The onshore prospects: Exploration carried out till date in the onshore has been restricted to simple and 'easy to find' anticlinal fold structures. These are identified by simple geological mapping in hilly terrains or by seismic surveys in plain lands. Almost all the gas fields discovered in the country are found in such anticlinal (arch-like fold that has its oldest beds at its core) structures in the eastern part of the country. There are many smaller to very small fold structures which may still be identified by further seismic surveys for drillings. This will find individual small gas reserves but a large number of such small discoveries would add to a notable reserve.

A second stage of the exploration programme could target more 'difficult to find' and subtle gas pools (traps). These are formed not by any fold structure, but by the inherent lithological changes (called facies changes) within the subsurface rock layers, and hence comes the difficulty in their identification. These are called 'stratigraphic traps'. Geologists argue that these types of gas pools should be abundant beneath the delta plain of Bangladesh, considering the experiences of other deltas around the world like the Niger Delta, the US Gulf Coast, etc.

A third stage of exploration lies beyond the conventional targets; such unconventional targets include synclinal (sloping downward to form a trough) plays, high pressure plays, thin bedded plays and so on, none of which has been targeted seriously in Bangladesh. With modern technologies taking up their share in explorations, unconventional plays have started showing their worth. Attaining a mature stage of exploration implies that Bangladesh has to take all these into active consideration.

The offshore prospects: If Bangladesh hasn't been able to reach a mature stage of exploration in its onshore fields, it remains truly immature in its exploration ventures. Activities in the offshore today runs in very low profile, with only three exploration blocks out of 26 being active by IOCs under production sharing contracts (PSC). There has been no exploration drilling in the offshore in the last seven years, and success in negotiations with IOCs is not visible enough. Yet, just on the other side of the maritime boundary with Myanmar, the offshore Arakan basin has the speed of exploration matching the success of discoveries. The most recent gas discovery, the Thanin gasfield as it is named, took place in January 2016 and is located in the Myanmar offshore block AD-7, adjacent to one of the offshore blocks of Bangladesh. Peter Coleman, Chief Executive of the Australian-based Woodside Oil Company - which has discovered this and another gasfield - has said that these discoveries testify the high gas potential of the surrounding blocks.

The offshore Arakan basin is a natural continuation of the offshore Cox's Bazar-Teknaf coastal basin (part of the offshore Bengal basin) and hence, both have similar geologic structures and frameworks. There is no reason why the fast track exploration and success in Myanmar's offshore basins should not be replicated in Bangladesh's side of the Bay of Bengal. Some large discoveries (Shew, Phu and Mia gas fields) earlier in the Arakan offshore attracted the major IOCs, and this area has now been proven to be one of the best places to look for gas.


Based on the available data, geologists are almost convinced that the Bangladesh offshore adjacent to the Myanmar maritime boundary is sitting on major gas reserves. It is believed that the number of gas fields would surely be discovered here if a serious exploration drive is launched.

To conclude, we may agree with the geoscientists' belief that a large delta area like Bangladesh should form a very rich gas province. In reality, the expected gas richness has not been visible because of the lack of exploration. Far more exploration needs to be carried out in order to unravel its true gas potential. With all the geological parameters in place for a gas rich habitat, Bangladesh should take this into consideration when forming its future gas exploration strategies.
http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/bangladesh-will-not-run-out-gas-any-time-soon-1240168

 

[Nilgiri]

I am not betting on this minister's claim.I just posted the news.It may or may not have.Only serious exploration activity can tell how much is there.Till then we are agonstic.

@TopCat @Nilgiri read this news.13 tcf is not the ultimate amount.

12:00 AM, June 16, 2016 / LAST MODIFIED: 05:06 AM, June 16, 2016
Bangladesh will not run out of gas any time soon
Badrul Imam
The possibility of natural gas being exhausted within a decade or a decade and half worries us all. It is easily understandable how the industries, power plants and many others could be affected if gas is depleted in near future. In spite of the fact that the government is serious and sincere about finding alternative energy sources, there is not much progress visible in this respect yet.

According to Petrobangla, the remaining reserve of gas in the country at present is about 13 Tcf. In the face of increasing gas demand in the country, this reserve would run for about 10 to 12 years. Or should the gas production be regulated downwards, this would run for some more years. But what will happen after that? Many believe that this will result in the country being devoid of gas.

The idea that reserves can grow and new reserves could be added is not given enough room in the minds of the energy players. This is due to a lack of foresightedness that a strong and long term exploration campaign could change the way we take for granted the scenario of depleting gas sources. In the practical front, we see a very weak exploration programme, whereby drillings are only few and far between.

However, reserve growth and new reserve addition have been noticed in Bangladesh in the previous decades and it would by all likeliness happen further if a strong exploration campaign is launched. The Bangladesh delta, being the largest in the world, is least likely to be devoid of gas so early in its exploration history, because deltas, throughout the world, tend to be very rich in gas or oil. The exploration in Bangladesh remains at an immature stage and it is too early to contemplate a depleted gas scenario.


The reserve growths: In 1993, the remaining reserve of gas in the country was estimated at about 10 Tcf which would run, as it was suggested at that time, for about 10 to 12 years. But in 2001, the remaining reserve of gas was recorded at about 15 Tcf (Petrobangla 2001). It was again thought that this would be exhausted in around 10 to 15 years. Yet in 2011, the remaining reserve was found to be 15 Tcf (Petrobangla 2011). It means that instead of depleting, the reserve actually grew.

Would this trend of reserve growth continue? Certainly not. Reserve growth will stop at a time in the future depending on the maturity stage of exploration in the area. For an area where exploration reaches a mature stage, depletion of gas may appear to be more realistic. But for an area like Bangladesh, where exploration is far from reaching a mature stage, it is naive to suggest that gas would be exausted after the consumption of the presently known reserve.

Bangladesh is unlikely to find very large new onshore gas fields, but there are certainly many small sized gas fields waiting to be discovered. The offshore is even less explored, yet it holds great possibilities. For the general readers, a geological review of the above may be put forward in “soft technical” terms.

The onshore prospects: Exploration carried out till date in the onshore has been restricted to simple and 'easy to find' anticlinal fold structures. These are identified by simple geological mapping in hilly terrains or by seismic surveys in plain lands. Almost all the gas fields discovered in the country are found in such anticlinal (arch-like fold that has its oldest beds at its core) structures in the eastern part of the country. There are many smaller to very small fold structures which may still be identified by further seismic surveys for drillings. This will find individual small gas reserves but a large number of such small discoveries would add to a notable reserve.

A second stage of the exploration programme could target more 'difficult to find' and subtle gas pools (traps). These are formed not by any fold structure, but by the inherent lithological changes (called facies changes) within the subsurface rock layers, and hence comes the difficulty in their identification. These are called 'stratigraphic traps'. Geologists argue that these types of gas pools should be abundant beneath the delta plain of Bangladesh, considering the experiences of other deltas around the world like the Niger Delta, the US Gulf Coast, etc.

A third stage of exploration lies beyond the conventional targets; such unconventional targets include synclinal (sloping downward to form a trough) plays, high pressure plays, thin bedded plays and so on, none of which has been targeted seriously in Bangladesh. With modern technologies taking up their share in explorations, unconventional plays have started showing their worth. Attaining a mature stage of exploration implies that Bangladesh has to take all these into active consideration.

The offshore prospects: If Bangladesh hasn't been able to reach a mature stage of exploration in its onshore fields, it remains truly immature in its exploration ventures. Activities in the offshore today runs in very low profile, with only three exploration blocks out of 26 being active by IOCs under production sharing contracts (PSC). There has been no exploration drilling in the offshore in the last seven years, and success in negotiations with IOCs is not visible enough. Yet, just on the other side of the maritime boundary with Myanmar, the offshore Arakan basin has the speed of exploration matching the success of discoveries. The most recent gas discovery, the Thanin gasfield as it is named, took place in January 2016 and is located in the Myanmar offshore block AD-7, adjacent to one of the offshore blocks of Bangladesh. Peter Coleman, Chief Executive of the Australian-based Woodside Oil Company - which has discovered this and another gasfield - has said that these discoveries testify the high gas potential of the surrounding blocks.

The offshore Arakan basin is a natural continuation of the offshore Cox's Bazar-Teknaf coastal basin (part of the offshore Bengal basin) and hence, both have similar geologic structures and frameworks. There is no reason why the fast track exploration and success in Myanmar's offshore basins should not be replicated in Bangladesh's side of the Bay of Bengal. Some large discoveries (Shew, Phu and Mia gas fields) earlier in the Arakan offshore attracted the major IOCs, and this area has now been proven to be one of the best places to look for gas.


Based on the available data, geologists are almost convinced that the Bangladesh offshore adjacent to the Myanmar maritime boundary is sitting on major gas reserves. It is believed that the number of gas fields would surely be discovered here if a serious exploration drive is launched.

To conclude, we may agree with the geoscientists' belief that a large delta area like Bangladesh should form a very rich gas province. In reality, the expected gas richness has not been visible because of the lack of exploration. Far more exploration needs to be carried out in order to unravel its true gas potential. With all the geological parameters in place for a gas rich habitat, Bangladesh should take this into consideration when forming its future gas exploration strategies.
http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/bangladesh-will-not-run-out-gas-any-time-soon-1240168

Again proof is in the pudding. I get how hydrocarbons often are brought to the surface anew through geological processes and that there are untapped fields to begin with....that you can hedge on and say you won't run out based on proven reserves only etc etc.

But far cry from saying "Bangladesh holds largest oil, gas reserves in Asia Pacific"

Maybe you can say Bangladesh potentially holds one of the largest gas reserves in Asia-Pacific

 

[idune]

I am not betting on this minister's claim.I just posted the news.

You have not able to provide proof for your post claim. If you are not propagating awami minister false claim then what are you trying to prove? This is not first thread you opened based on awami league fictitious claim, there are many.

 

[nana41]

http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/153817/‘Bangladesh-holds-largest-oil-gas-reserves-in-Asia-Pacific’
‘Bangladesh holds largest oil, gas reserves in Asia Pacific’
Staff Correspondent 25th July, 2016 10:29:04

The maritime exclusive economic zone of Bangladesh holds one of the largest oil and gas reserves in the Asia-Pacific. The country is at present the 7th largest producer of natural gas in Asia.

The gas supplied by the producers meet 61.69 percent of the domestic energy needs and the country is a net importer of crude oil and petroleum products.

Abdul Matlub Ahmad, President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) made the observation at a ceremony on signing a MoU between Servigas Company, the subsidiary of Butane Group of Iran and Star Infrastructurte Development Consortium Ltd of Bangladesh.

Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Power and Energy, Dr. Abbas Vaezi, Ambassador of Iran to Bangladesh, A.R. Khan, Chairman of the Energy Regulatory Commission of Bangladesh, Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, First Vice President, FBCCI, representatives from Servigas Company of Iran, Iran business delegation and officials of Star Infrastructure Development Consortium Ltd attended the ceremony.

Speaking on the occasion, Matlub said, the energy sector of Bangladesh is dominated by state-owned companies, including Petrobangla and the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).
Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Statoil, Gazprom and ONGC are major international companies engaged in Bangladesh’s hydrocarbon industry; and Chevron’s gas fields accounting 50 percent of natural gas production, he mentioned.

The country under its vision 2021 aims at generating electricity of 24,000MW by 2021 and 60,000MW by 2041 to meet the growing demand, FBCCI chief said.

“For FBCCI, this is one of the major achievements to see an actual business collaboration taking place which is a part of its ongoing efforts to promote investment in the country,” commented Matlub.

Appraising the Iranian business delegation of the natural gas and LPG outlook of Bangladesh, Matlub said, “There is estimated 27.12 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas from 26 gas fields, while the current supply per day is 2740 mmcf against the demand for 3300 mmcf. The country’s proven recoverable gas reserves is 20.77 tcf and the total production till now is 13.52 tcf, he mentioned.

LP Gas Limited under the BPC has been supplying LPG from their Chittagong and Sylhet plants through their distribution companies Padma, Meghna, Jamuna and Asiatic Oil Company Limited since 1998.
LPG industry in the country gained momentum during the period 1998-2002 following the start of LPG distribution by private sector companies.

Total LPG gas demand by private and public sectors is 3.50 lakh mmcfd annually whereas total supply of LPG by all sector is only 1.80 lakh mmcfd.


UNB adds: Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said the government has been promoting LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) for households and other purposes as part of its energy source diversification plan.
Responding to an appeal of business leaders, he said the government would consider removing tax-related bottlenecks in its way of promotion.
The leading members of the 16-member “Star Infrastructure Development Consortium” include Nitol Niloy Group and Unique Group. Officials of the consortium and Servigas signed the MoU at the function. The consortium will initially invest $12 million to set up the plant.

Matlub said once the production facilities are set up, the local LPG production and supply companies will get LPG bottles and other facilities at a cheaper price. He said the consortium is hopeful of setting the plant within the next 8-12 months.
Matlub said about 50 big companies have come into the LPG business investing about Tk 900 crore. These companies will require huge LPG bottles, trucks and other facilities that the Bangladesh-Iran joint venture company will meet.
The Iranian ambassador said there is a huge potential to grow bilateral business between Dhaka and Tehran. He said Tehran has huge technological and engineering advancements which Dhaka can share for its development in the energy sector.

Good luck brothers.......stand on your own feet,strengthen armed forces,be self sufficient in food and medicines and you will be ok to stand up to India's hegemonic designs.

 

[TopCat]

I am not betting on this minister's claim.I just posted the news.It may or may not have.Only serious exploration activity can tell how much is there.Till then we are agonstic.

@TopCat @Nilgiri read this news.13 tcf is not the ultimate amount.

12:00 AM, June 16, 2016 / LAST MODIFIED: 05:06 AM, June 16, 2016
Bangladesh will not run out of gas any time soon
Badrul Imam
The possibility of natural gas being exhausted within a decade or a decade and half worries us all. It is easily understandable how the industries, power plants and many others could be affected if gas is depleted in near future. In spite of the fact that the government is serious and sincere about finding alternative energy sources, there is not much progress visible in this respect yet.

According to Petrobangla, the remaining reserve of gas in the country at present is about 13 Tcf. In the face of increasing gas demand in the country, this reserve would run for about 10 to 12 years. Or should the gas production be regulated downwards, this would run for some more years. But what will happen after that? Many believe that this will result in the country being devoid of gas.

The idea that reserves can grow and new reserves could be added is not given enough room in the minds of the energy players. This is due to a lack of foresightedness that a strong and long term exploration campaign could change the way we take for granted the scenario of depleting gas sources. In the practical front, we see a very weak exploration programme, whereby drillings are only few and far between.

However, reserve growth and new reserve addition have been noticed in Bangladesh in the previous decades and it would by all likeliness happen further if a strong exploration campaign is launched. The Bangladesh delta, being the largest in the world, is least likely to be devoid of gas so early in its exploration history, because deltas, throughout the world, tend to be very rich in gas or oil. The exploration in Bangladesh remains at an immature stage and it is too early to contemplate a depleted gas scenario.


The reserve growths: In 1993, the remaining reserve of gas in the country was estimated at about 10 Tcf which would run, as it was suggested at that time, for about 10 to 12 years. But in 2001, the remaining reserve of gas was recorded at about 15 Tcf (Petrobangla 2001). It was again thought that this would be exhausted in around 10 to 15 years. Yet in 2011, the remaining reserve was found to be 15 Tcf (Petrobangla 2011). It means that instead of depleting, the reserve actually grew.

Would this trend of reserve growth continue? Certainly not. Reserve growth will stop at a time in the future depending on the maturity stage of exploration in the area. For an area where exploration reaches a mature stage, depletion of gas may appear to be more realistic. But for an area like Bangladesh, where exploration is far from reaching a mature stage, it is naive to suggest that gas would be exausted after the consumption of the presently known reserve.

Bangladesh is unlikely to find very large new onshore gas fields, but there are certainly many small sized gas fields waiting to be discovered. The offshore is even less explored, yet it holds great possibilities. For the general readers, a geological review of the above may be put forward in “soft technical” terms.

The onshore prospects: Exploration carried out till date in the onshore has been restricted to simple and 'easy to find' anticlinal fold structures. These are identified by simple geological mapping in hilly terrains or by seismic surveys in plain lands. Almost all the gas fields discovered in the country are found in such anticlinal (arch-like fold that has its oldest beds at its core) structures in the eastern part of the country. There are many smaller to very small fold structures which may still be identified by further seismic surveys for drillings. This will find individual small gas reserves but a large number of such small discoveries would add to a notable reserve.

A second stage of the exploration programme could target more 'difficult to find' and subtle gas pools (traps). These are formed not by any fold structure, but by the inherent lithological changes (called facies changes) within the subsurface rock layers, and hence comes the difficulty in their identification. These are called 'stratigraphic traps'. Geologists argue that these types of gas pools should be abundant beneath the delta plain of Bangladesh, considering the experiences of other deltas around the world like the Niger Delta, the US Gulf Coast, etc.

A third stage of exploration lies beyond the conventional targets; such unconventional targets include synclinal (sloping downward to form a trough) plays, high pressure plays, thin bedded plays and so on, none of which has been targeted seriously in Bangladesh. With modern technologies taking up their share in explorations, unconventional plays have started showing their worth. Attaining a mature stage of exploration implies that Bangladesh has to take all these into active consideration.

The offshore prospects: If Bangladesh hasn't been able to reach a mature stage of exploration in its onshore fields, it remains truly immature in its exploration ventures. Activities in the offshore today runs in very low profile, with only three exploration blocks out of 26 being active by IOCs under production sharing contracts (PSC). There has been no exploration drilling in the offshore in the last seven years, and success in negotiations with IOCs is not visible enough. Yet, just on the other side of the maritime boundary with Myanmar, the offshore Arakan basin has the speed of exploration matching the success of discoveries. The most recent gas discovery, the Thanin gasfield as it is named, took place in January 2016 and is located in the Myanmar offshore block AD-7, adjacent to one of the offshore blocks of Bangladesh. Peter Coleman, Chief Executive of the Australian-based Woodside Oil Company - which has discovered this and another gasfield - has said that these discoveries testify the high gas potential of the surrounding blocks.

The offshore Arakan basin is a natural continuation of the offshore Cox's Bazar-Teknaf coastal basin (part of the offshore Bengal basin) and hence, both have similar geologic structures and frameworks. There is no reason why the fast track exploration and success in Myanmar's offshore basins should not be replicated in Bangladesh's side of the Bay of Bengal. Some large discoveries (Shew, Phu and Mia gas fields) earlier in the Arakan offshore attracted the major IOCs, and this area has now been proven to be one of the best places to look for gas.


Based on the available data, geologists are almost convinced that the Bangladesh offshore adjacent to the Myanmar maritime boundary is sitting on major gas reserves. It is believed that the number of gas fields would surely be discovered here if a serious exploration drive is launched.

To conclude, we may agree with the geoscientists' belief that a large delta area like Bangladesh should form a very rich gas province. In reality, the expected gas richness has not been visible because of the lack of exploration. Far more exploration needs to be carried out in order to unravel its true gas potential. With all the geological parameters in place for a gas rich habitat, Bangladesh should take this into consideration when forming its future gas exploration strategies.
http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/bangladesh-will-not-run-out-gas-any-time-soon-1240168

When was the last time we discovered a large gas field more than 1 tcf size?
There is not chance of finding a large gas field of the size of Bibyana anymore. If we had any we already knew it.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Just don't get some other country to extract these resource... wait and develop own technology if needed and keep all the oil for yourself.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Good luck brothers.......stand on your own feet,strengthen armed forces,be self sufficient in food and medicines and you will be ok to stand up to India's hegemonic designs.

Thank you for your kind word.Bangladesh is almost self-sufficient in food and medicine.Bangladesh is fourth largest producer of Rice and fourth largest producer of fresh water fish in the world.Our cereal grain production is around 40 million ton.We export some Rice after fulfilling local demand and import around 3 million ton of wheat.Our production of vegetable,fruits,poultry meat,egg and a lot of other stuff are also adequate.In beef we have two-third self sufficiency,another one-third comes from Indian cow which create a lot of incidence in the border.

Our drugs company provide 97 percent of the local need and export drugs in many countries.This sector is getting a big boost in recent times.But our armed forces is not strong enough to resist the Indian forces.We need to triple down the effort on this sector.China, Pakistan can help us in this field tremendously.

 

[bd_4_ever]

We need to triple down the effort on this sector.China, Pakistan can help us in this field tremendously.

As long as Awami League holds power, there wont be any sort or military collaboration with Pakistan. Heck we dont even buy Indian stuffs. China is right up there, with Russia catching up.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Again proof is in the pudding. I get how hydrocarbons often are brought to the surface anew through geological processes and that there are untapped fields to begin with....that you can hedge on and say you won't run out based on proven reserves only etc etc.

But far cry from saying "Bangladesh holds largest oil, gas reserves in Asia Pacific"

Maybe you can say Bangladesh potentially holds one of the largest gas reserves in Asia-Pacific

Given that you know about BD quite a bit you have to excuse our minister for being over dramatic.

 

[bdslph]

Not to worry we bengalis will waste the gas for cooking keeping it on and dry clothes

Hehe oil we will sale secretly by the minister to make money

Bd Next saudi i dnt think so

 

[bickyis555]

Great news Bangladesh democracy is on its way

As saying in Hindi "Ek teer se do nishna" You rightly said where ever there is old American democracy will come to destroy country's sovereignty

 

[Major Sam]

Thank you for your kind word.Bangladesh is almost self-sufficient in food and medicine.Bangladesh is fourth largest producer of Rice and fifth largest producer of fish in the world.Our cereal grain production is around 40 million ton.We export some Rice after fulfilling local demand and import around 3 million ton of wheat.Our production of vegetable,fruits,poultry meat,egg and a lot of other stuff are also adequate.In beef we have two-third self sufficiency,another one-third comes from Indian cow which create a lot of incidence in the border.

Our drugs company provide 97 percent of the local need and export drugs in many countries.This sector is getting a big boost in recent times.But our armed forces is not strong enough to resist the Indian forces.We need to triple down the effort on this sector.China, Pakistan can help us in this field tremendously.

can you plz provide source for these two.

fifth largest producer of fish in the world.Our cereal grain production is around 40 million ton.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

can you plz provide source for these two.

fifth largest producer of fish in the world.Our cereal grain production is around 40 million ton.

Milled rice production alone is 35 million ton average.Wheat 1 million ton, Maize 2 million ton and others combined total 40 million ton.
Milled Rice Production Reached Record High in Bangladesh in 2014-15

According to the provisional data by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), it has been reported that Bangladesh’s FY 2014-15 (July 2014 – June 2015), the production of milled rice reached a record high of around 34.708 million tons, slightly up from around 34.41 million tons in 2013-14.The output from the Aman crop (July – December) stood at around 13.19 million tons, about 1.28% more from around 13 million tons than last year. The output from the Aus crop (February – August) stood at around 2.328 million tons, up about 0.8% from around 2.3 million tons last year; while, the output from the 2014-15 Boro rice crop (January – May) stood at around 19.19 million tons, up about 0.63% from around 19.07 million tons last year. Further, it has been quoted that Boro, Aman and Aus contributed to about 56%, 38% and 6% respectively to the total country’s output.

As per data, it indicates that estimates of Paddy rice acreage in 2014-15 stood at around 11.415 million hectares, compared to around 11.373 million hectares in 2013-14, narrated by the Bangladesh Space Research & Remote Sensing Organization (SPARSO). It has also been stated that favorable weather conditions and supply of quality inputs in time were the keys to the growth according to the Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE).

In addition in this context, it has been revealed that the country imported about 1.45 million tons of rice during FY 2014-15, about four times higher than in 2013-14, despite a record production due to prevailing low global rice prices. However, as per USDA estimates Bangladesh’s MY 2015-16 (July 2015 – June 2016) milled rice production at around 35 million tons, slightly more from an estimated 34.5 million tons in MY 2014-15. The USDA data also estimates Bangladeshis to import around 1.2 million tons of rice in 2015.
http://www.riceoutlook.com/milled-rice-production-reached-record-high-in-bangladesh-in-2014-15/

For fish,Bangladesh is actually fourth largest fresh water fish producer.
http://bdnews24.com/economy/2015/07...-freshwater-fish-producer-fisheries-minister1

 

[Major Sam]

Milled rice production alone is 35 million ton average.Wheat 1 million ton, Maize 2 million ton and others combined total 40 million ton.
Milled Rice Production Reached Record High in Bangladesh in 2014-15

According to the provisional data by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), it has been reported that Bangladesh’s FY 2014-15 (July 2014 – June 2015), the production of milled rice reached a record high of around 34.708 million tons, slightly up from around 34.41 million tons in 2013-14.The output from the Aman crop (July – December) stood at around 13.19 million tons, about 1.28% more from around 13 million tons than last year. The output from the Aus crop (February – August) stood at around 2.328 million tons, up about 0.8% from around 2.3 million tons last year; while, the output from the 2014-15 Boro rice crop (January – May) stood at around 19.19 million tons, up about 0.63% from around 19.07 million tons last year. Further, it has been quoted that Boro, Aman and Aus contributed to about 56%, 38% and 6% respectively to the total country’s output.

As per data, it indicates that estimates of Paddy rice acreage in 2014-15 stood at around 11.415 million hectares, compared to around 11.373 million hectares in 2013-14, narrated by the Bangladesh Space Research & Remote Sensing Organization (SPARSO). It has also been stated that favorable weather conditions and supply of quality inputs in time were the keys to the growth according to the Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE).

In addition in this context, it has been revealed that the country imported about 1.45 million tons of rice during FY 2014-15, about four times higher than in 2013-14, despite a record production due to prevailing low global rice prices. However, as per USDA estimates Bangladesh’s MY 2015-16 (July 2015 – June 2016) milled rice production at around 35 million tons, slightly more from an estimated 34.5 million tons in MY 2014-15. The USDA data also estimates Bangladeshis to import around 1.2 million tons of rice in 2015.
http://www.riceoutlook.com/milled-rice-production-reached-record-high-in-bangladesh-in-2014-15/

For fish,Bangladesh is actually fourth largest fresh water fish producer.
http://www.riceoutlook.com/milled-rice-production-reached-record-high-in-bangladesh-in-2014-15/

thanks for the reference, I thought by cereal means wheat and other grains excluding rice.
i still didn't find any reference for fourth largest fish producer. its not even in top ten countries.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

i still didn't find any reference for fourth largest fish producer. its not even in top ten countries.

Now I have corrected the wrong link.

In total fish production(Fresh water+Marine), BD narrowly miss out the top 10 but for only fresh water production BD is 4th largest without any doubt.