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China’s Etern signs $ 1.1b Bangladesh power grid deal

China's Jiangsu Etern Co Ltd signed a deal worth $1.1 billion to strengthen the power grid network in Bangladesh, the company said on Thursday, ahead of a visit to the country by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd and Etern signed the four-and-a-half year deal to "expand, rebuild and Powerupgrade Bangladesh's nationwide electrical network system", Etern said in a filing to the Shanghai stock exchange. Etern said Bangladesh had applied for concessionary loans from China for the project, which ...

KrisEnergy begins drilling at Bangora-6

Independent upstream oil and gas company KrisEnergy has commenced drilling at the Bangora-6 development well in the Block 9 production sharing contract, onshore Bangladesh. The Bapex Bijoy 10 rig is being used to drill the Bangora-6 development well from the Golpanagar site in the northern section of Block 9, which is located approximately 50 km east of Dhaka. krisenergyThe company plans to drill the well to a total measured depth of 3,786m. In 2015, gross production from the Bangora field averaged 106 million cubi...

Ashok Leyland to set up plants in Bangladesh

Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland has firmed up its plans to strengthen overseas presence as part of its vision to garner one-third of revenues from exports. The city-based heavy commercial vehicles maker is setting up an assembly facility in Kenya, another one in Bangladesh through a partner and also expanding its UAE unit, Ashok Leyland chief financial officer Gopal Mahadevan said. “We have firmed up our plans to set up assembly plant in Kenya. We are going to invest there. ashokleylandWe will start...

GE to repower BPDB’s Ghorashal Station

GE (NYSE: GE), in a consortium with China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation, has been awarded a US$117 million order from Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for repowering Unit 3 of the Ghorashal Power Plant, the largest power station in Bangladesh, located in the Narsingdi district. This will be the first repowering project for the country and will provide a much-needed increase in power generation capacity for Bangladesh by adding more than 200 megawatts (MW) of cleaner power to the national grid. The project calls for repowering the existing 210 MW Power Machines (LMZ 200) steam

Bapex partners Santos in 1st offshore Block 16 venture

State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Co Ltd (Bapex) planned to venture into offshore petroleum exploration in Bangladesh for the first time after signing a preliminary deal with Australia’s Santos Ltd. earlier this week to drill an exploration well in Block 16. “Yes, the agreement (with Santos) was signed and we are still talking to them about the drilling,” a Bapex executive told Rigzone. Under the deal, the Bangladeshi company and Santos will carry out offshore drilling at the Block 6Magnama struc...

Factories use laser tech to make greener denim

The readymade garment sector is the driving force of the Bangladeshi economy, accounting for a massive 83 per cent of its exports in October-December 2015. The sector has resulted in Bangladesh enjoying a steady 6 per cent growth rate for more than a decade, but as the industry eyes the future, it will have to make major changes to make sure that growth is sustainable. One example of these changes is how the denim sub-sector is using lasers instead of chemicals to “finish” the jeans. The production of denim fabric includes making patterns, as well as getting the right colour for the most popular “blue” colour jeans. This requires washing the jeans using different types of chemicals. It takes 100 litres of water to make an average pair of blue jeans according to industry insider...
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