Bangladesh’s two floating LNG terminals at Maheshkhali resumed operating at or near full capacity on Saturday, August 22, after a new LNG cargo supplied by BP Singapore docked at the Excelerate Energy terminal. Excelerate restarted gas delivery after a three-day halt, while Summit LNG was already supplying above its capacity. The increased supply raised power generation, eased load-shedding and improved gas pressure for households, factories and CNG stations.

Excelerate initially supplied about 100 million cubic feet of gas daily and was expected to reach its full 600 million cubic feet capacity overnight. Summit supplied 558 million cubic feet on Saturday. Excelerate had stopped deliveries completely on August 19 after an LNG vessel from Saudi Aramco was turned away over security concerns; the terminal had also remained out of service for a prolonged period following a July 21 fire during ship-to-ship LNG transfer.

Petrobangla said daily gas demand is about 3,800 million cubic feet, against supply that had fallen to 2,700 million cubic feet. Authorities expect supplies to improve further in coming days, although industrial gas pressure may take longer to normalize. The government plans three additional floating LNG terminals by 2029.