Australian oil-gas exploration company Santos has given a chance to loot Tk 230 million, the government's energy department has given a chance. Santos has taken 1.29 crore taka. The rest of the company is pressing for Tk 101 million, the company said.
In the light of the first light, it is learned that the gas block of the 16 sea blocks of the country, Magnma-2, could not be found, but jointly with Santos allowed the BAPEX to lift the gas, the energy department of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. But only 13 days after drilling the well, Santos said, there is no gas. But before that they took '12 million taka' taka.
After the expiry of the 16-point production partner agreement (PSC) with Santos, the deadline for expiry of the deadline for expiry of the deadline in December 2014 will be increased again. Then in 2016, Santos Magnima-2 jointly with Bapex proposed to explore and lift gas. The concerned people say that there is no scope to correct the PSC once PSC is completed with a foreign company. But it was not accepted in Santos.
Because of the irregularities in the energy sector, Bapex is now sinking for debt. Because BAPEX has taken a 12-year loan for 2% interest to Santos. The amount of debt now is actually 262 crore taka. Najimuddin Chowdhury, the then Secretary of the Department of Energy, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, was associated with these illegal activities. He was then the chairman of Bapex. He is now living a leisurely life.
Again, irregularities were also made in the case of borrowing. The authorities have also been involved in this irregularity with the payment of loans to Petrobangla, Titas Gas, Karnafuli Gas, Bakhrabad Gas and Bapex from its own fund, giving BAPEX loans for extraction of lawless extraction.
The managing director (MD) of Bapex and the MD of Gas Transmission Company Limited said. Atikuzzaman said in the first light, "We took the resolution of Santos very negative, so that the proposal was not passed. We were sure there was no gas in Magnum. The board chairman is the energy secretary, there is nothing else to do. '
The then energy secretary Nazimuddin Chowdhury said in the first light, "This is a long time ago. I do not remember anything about this now.
The concerned people say the Canadian company, Nico Tarantatila, leased a new gas field, leaving it leased. Then there came out the information that there was corruption behind the approval of NIKO after the blast occurred. Without knowing any gas in Magnma-2, the fuel department has scamed Nike's scandal with the approval of digging well there.
In the draft report of a commission formed by the Consumer Rights Organization Bangladesh Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) 'Electricity Factories Department, the irregularity of the power sector' also contains this information. The six-member commission writer and researcher Syed Abul Maksud, member professor M Shamsul Alam, physicist professor Sushanta Kumar Das, economist MM Akash, architect Mobasher Hossain and geologist Professor Badrul Imam.
The Commission's draft report says that the Santos agreement, like the NICO contract, has been corrupted. In the NICO agreement, former State Minister for Energy, BNP leader AKM Mosharraf Hossain played a key role. Former energy secretary Nazimuddin Chowdhury played a leading role in Santos agreement.
Member of the commission, energy expert Professor M Shamsul Alam said in the first light, BAPEX was not sure about the availability of gas at Magnma-2. That's why Bapex did not agree to dig. But Nazimuddin Chowdhury forced to dig Bapex well with Santos. Only 13 days after drilling the well, Santos said there was no gas available. Fine money has been embezzled so much money. It will be called less corruption.
It is already known that there is no gas
It is known that in January 2016, the resolution of Santos proposed that 16 number of blocks in magna-2 have potential gas at 10 levels of 1.660 billion cubic feet (BCF). The amount of reservoir is 736.2 bcf of gas from the reservoir. It is further said that, before that the Santos Magnma-1 did not get the gas by digging well. Bapex will also be used to dig the well. It amounted to Tk 1.29 billion
Bapex constituted a seven-member high tech committee on Santos' proposal. The committee submitted the report on 15 February 2016. It is said in the report that the calculations of Santos Magnma-2 gas reserves were not correct. There is no commercially extractable gas. Earlier, the location of Magnum-2 well in the 2,200 meters north-west of Santos, where the well was not found by digging wells. There is no scientific information on the gas here. If Bapex goes there to excavate the well, then interest on the company's financial loss will be Rs. 262 crores.
Santos' proposal was taken at the 371th Board Meeting of the Bapex Board of Directors on March 24, 2016, including the report given by the Technical Committee of Bapex, "There is no commercially extractable gas in Magnma-2." But ignoring the recommendations of the committee, jointly with Bapex Board of Governors, decided to dig the Magnma-2 well.
Apart from Nazimuddin Chowdhury, the Board of Directors of Bapex, among others, Mr. Ishtiaque Ahmed, Chairman of Petrobangla, Additional Secretary of the Department of Energy Mohammad Ahsanul Jabbar, one of Petrobangla and two independent Directors Bapex