Bangladesh’s state-owned Eastern Refinery Limited resumed full operations on Friday morning after remaining closed for 24 days due to a shortage of crude oil. The main plant was officially restarted at 8:25 a.m., and the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) stated that the facility will now refine about 4,000 tons of fuel oil daily.
The refinery had halted production on April 14 when its three main units were shut down because of raw material shortages. A smaller unit had continued limited operations using remaining stock. The disruption followed a ban on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz amid conflict in the Middle East, which cut off Bangladesh’s usual crude supply routes. To address the crisis, the government arranged alternative sea routes to import crude oil.
On Wednesday, a tanker named MT Ninemiya arrived at Kutubdia Channel near Chattogram carrying 100,000 tons of crude oil from Saudi Arabia via an alternate route. After customs clearance, unloading began that night, and refinery units were gradually restarted. The refinery’s management confirmed that maintenance was completed during the shutdown and that full-scale production has now resumed.
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