Many are curious about how the 112 billion cubic meters of natural gas found in Dailekh will be produced and how long it will reach the common people.
What you should know
The detailed report of the sample of natural gas found in Bhairavi Rural Municipality-1 of Dailekh is expected to arrive by December. Jitendra Basnet, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply, said that Chinese technicians have taken the sample extracted by drilling in the first phase and said that the second phase will be done only after the test report is received.
Prepared after exploration by China Geological Survey and China's Shibu Drilling Engineering According to the preliminary report, there are 112 billion cubic meters of natural gas here. According to the preliminary report given by the Chinese team, it is estimated that Nepal has natural gas that will last for 50 years.
Spokesperson Basnet said that the government has started discussions regarding the modality (pattern) to be conducted after the production of the test, and said that a four-member committee has been formed under the coordination of the director of the oil corporation to understand more about this and that it has also conducted an on-site study.
Many people's curiosity is about how the government produces gas and how it distributes it. Jitendra Basnet, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply said that the government is proceeding with the process through the Government-Government (GTOG) modality with China for trial production.
He said, 'According to the initial report, it is possible to produce the test within three months after the start of work. A lot of process has to be completed to go to commercial production.' He said that if gas is to be distributed directly, there will be issues of storage and pipelines, and he said that studies are being conducted on how to produce and distribute the gas and it is not certain whether the government will do this work or the private sector.
