Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla; ) is a government-owned oil, gas and mineral exploration and distribution corporation of Bangladesh. It has the mandate to explore, produce, transport, manage and sell oil, natural gas and other mineral resources. It also concludes production-sharing agreements with international oil companies for exploration and development of oil, gas and mineral resources in Bangladesh.

History

Petrobangla was founded in 1985(Notification of Ordinance-21 in 11-April,1985) by merging two government organizations Bangladesh Oil & Gas Corporation (BOGC) and Bangladesh Mineral Exploration and Development Corporation (BMEDC) into Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation(BOGMC). To import liquefied natural gas, Petrobangla signed an agreement with Gunvor Singapore in 2018. In September 2019, QatarEnergy LNG delivered the first cargo of liquefied natural gas from a Q-Flex vessel to Petrobangla's Floating Storage and Regasification Unit off Bangladesh. In January 2020, PetroBangla and Gazprom signed a Memorandum of Understanding for strategic cooperation. The group's current Chairman, Nazmul Ahsan, was appointed in December 2021 replacing Abdul Fattah who had become chairman in January 2020.

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