What is the main consumer of liquid fuel in Bangladesh?
Major consumer of liquid fuel is transport sector followed by agriculture, industry and commercial sector which is mostly met by imported liquid fuel. Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL), a subsidiary company of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), is capable of processing 1.3 million metric Tons of crude oil per year.
Is Bangladesh a petroleum producing country?
Petroleum Products Bangladesh is not a petroleum producing country though it has a refinery plant- eastern refinery limited (ERL), where imported crude oils from Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi are processed with a small quantity of oil from Haripur Gas Field and the products are marketed by several marketing companies.
What is the storage capacity of petroleum products in Chittagong?
Total storage capacity of petroleum products in the country is 687,500 tons, of which the storage capacity at Eastern Refinery Limited is 365,000 tons. In the main installations of three oil-marketing companies of ERL in Chittagong (Padma Oil Company Ltd, Jamuna Oil Company Ltd, Meghna Petroleum Ltd), the total storage capacity is 205,600 tons.
How are petroleum products transported from Chittagong?
From Chittagong, 82% of petroleum products are transported by river (coastal tanker), 6% by railway (Tank wagon or Box wagon), 10% by road (Tank lorry/truck) and 2% by other local means (boat, push cart or van etc).