Dhaka, Nov. 20 -- After four months of work, Petrobangla has confirmed the restoration of gas from a previously closed well at the Kailashtila gas field in Sylhet.

On Thursday, the state-run company announced that following a successful workover, the Kailashtila-1 well is now producing 5 MMCFD, which is expected to be connected to the national transmission line within two to three days.

Shafiqul Islam, project director of the Kailashtila-1 workover, said the well is one of the country's oldest, first producing gas in 1983. Production had stopped after 2019.

"With the workover completed, the well is expected to yield 5 million cubic feet daily for the next 10 years," he said.

Petrobangla said the workover, using BAPEX's rig Bijoy-12, b...