when was the first gas field discovered in bangladesh
Natural gas and petroleum in Bangladesh The Indo-Burma Petroleum Company drilled the first oil wells in Eastern Bengal between 1908 and 1914 in Chittagong District.[8] The Burmah Oil Company discovered the first gas field in East Bengal in 1955.[8] Industrial use of natural gas began in 1959.[8] The Shell Oil Company and Pakistan Petroleum discovered seven major gas fields in the 1960s.[9]