Dhaka, July 17 -- In a renewed bid to meet its growing energy needs, state-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has reissued a tender to procure two LNG cargoes for delivery later this August, after the earlier tender was scrapped due to unexpectedly high price offers.

Each cargo, containing 3.36 million British thermal units (MMBtu), is scheduled to be delivered during August 21-22 and August 28-29 to Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal, with discharge at either of the country's two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) located there.

The deadline for submitting bids is July 20, a senior RPGCL official said.

RPGCL has asked the selected short-listed spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers to re-submit t...