Chevron Corp.’s Bangladesh subsidiary has commenced natural gas production from the Bibiyana Expansion Project in the northeastern part of the country, according to a Chevron press release.

The project included an expansion of the existing gas plant to process increased natural gas volumes from the Bibiyana Field, additional development wells and an enhanced gas liquids recovery unit. The project is expected to boost Chevron-operated natural gas production capacity in Bangladesh by more than 8.5 MMcm/d to 40 MMcm/d (300 MMcf/d to 1.4 Bcf/d). In addition, the project is expected to increase the company-operated NGL production capacity by 4 Mbbl/d to 9 Mbbl/d. Chevron's Bangladesh subsidiary has a 99% working interest in Bibiyana.