Titas warns of severe low gas pressure as LNG supply drops by 450 mmcfd

Highlights:

• Titas warns of severe low gas pressure until supply improves
• LNG supply falls by around 450 mmcfd due to technical fault
• National gas supply drops far below demand
• Households, industries and CNG stations continue to face disruptions

The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC has warned that consumers across its franchise areas will continue to experience severe low gas pressure until the country's LNG supply situation improves.

In a statement posted on its official Facebook page today (28 July), the state-owned gas distributor said gas supply from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals at Moheshkhali had fallen by around 450 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) due to a technical fault.

"As a result of the reduced RLNG supply from the Moheshkhali LNG terminals, severe low gas pressure will persist for all categories of customers under the Titas Gas distribution network until the situation improves," the company said, apologising for the temporary inconvenience.

The latest warning comes after a technical failure at the Excelerate Energy-operated floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) off Moheshkhali caused extensive damage to multiple cable systems essential for operating the terminal.

The incident, which occurred on 21 July, knocked out around 500-600 mmcfd of regasification capacity, significantly reducing gas supply to the national grid.

According to Petrobangla data, total gas supply fell to 2,151.7 mmcfd on 25-26 July, against an official demand of 3,854 mmcfd. Of the total supply, only 501.1 mmcfd came from imported LNG.

The supply disruption has affected households, industries, power plants and CNG filling stations across the country.