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Gas Rationing Begins as ME Crisis Squeezes Supply
Energy & Power
|EP_22_19 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 19 March 16, 2026)
State-run Petrobangla has initiated gas rationing as the ongoing Middle East crisis begins to pinch Bangladesh's energy supply, officials said.
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About 50 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas has been cut from power plants, while fertilizer factories have seen a reduction of around 140 mmcfd. The only exception is the government-owned Shahjalal Fertilizer Company at Fenchuganj, Sylhet, which
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