Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The government has cut natural gas allocation for Intraco Refueling Station to one-fifth as the company failed to supply the committed volume of compressed natural gas (CNG) from Bhola.

As a result, the company will be able to compress up to 5.0 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas under its existing deal with the state-run Sundarban Gas Company Ltd (SGCL).

Intraco inked the 10-year deal with SGCL in May 2023 to supply gas from Bhola to the gas-starved industries in Dhaka and its adjacent areas.

Under the deal, it was supposed to compress up to 25 mmcfd of gas by October 2025 and supply it to consumers through cascade cylinders by trucks.

This was the first such agreement in the country to compress natural gas an...