Bangladesh : Gas Sector Development Project
The purpose of the TA is to help the Government prepare a gas sector development project. The TA will involve: (i) reviewing the sector road map and preparation of policy package; (ii) reviewing project proposals and other documents to define the scope of the different components for financing under the ensuing project; (iii) making a technical review of the proposals to confirm their suitability and soundness and preparing implementation schedules for the selected components; and (iv) undertaking financial and economic, environmental, social, poverty reduction, and (v) institutional analyses and develop an institutional strengthening plan for Petrobangla and other relevant agencies.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Abeygunawardena, P.
South Asia Department
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Country/Economy
Bangladesh -
Modality
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Sector
- Energy
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| Project Name | Gas Sector Development Project | ||||
| Project Number | 35242-012 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Bangladesh |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Energy / Conventional energy generation |
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| Gender | No gender elements | ||||
| Description | The purpose of the TA is to help the Government prepare a gas sector development project. The TA will involve: (i) reviewing the sector road map and preparation of policy package; (ii) reviewing project proposals and other documents to define the scope of the different components for financing under the ensuing project; (iii) making a technical review of the proposals to confirm their suitability and soundness and preparing implementation schedules for the selected components; and (iv) undertaking financial and economic, environmental, social, poverty reduction, and (v) institutional analyses and develop an institutional strengthening plan for Petrobangla and other relevant agencies. Key activities include: (i) preparing an internal report which analyses the potential for economic growth and social development in less developed areas particularly with reference to expanding natural gas supply and distribution; (ii) preparing a report which analyses the potential for gas sector development; (iii) preparing a report which assesses policy and non-policy barriers to improve gas sector development; (iv) identifying policy packages for the promotion of gas sector development; (v) developing an investment package that identifies relevant subprojects; (vi) performing detailed financial, economic, environmental, social, poverty reduction, and institutional analyses of the identified subprojects; (vii) reviewing cost estimates, financing plan and procurement packages, and (viii) preparing an estimation of potential levels of greenhouse gas emissions reduction from the subprojects. |
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| Environment | B |
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| Consulting Services | Eight (8) person-months of international consultants: (i) Gas Sector Development Specialist and (ii) Natural Gas Economist; and (iii) Financial Analyst. Twenty one (21) person-months of domestic consultants all to be hired as individual consultants: (i) Institutional Development Specialist ; (ii) Environmental Specialist ; (iii) Social Development Specialist; (iv) Poverty Reduction Specialist; (v) Financial Analyst; (vi) Natural Gas Economist; and (vii) Natural Gas Policy Specialist. |
| Procurement | TBD |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Abeygunawardena, P. |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Energy Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Bangladesh Oil and Gas Corporation Petrobangla Chamber Bldg. 122-124 Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka 2 Bangladesh |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 19 Aug 2001 |
| Fact Finding | 28 Jan 2004 to 31 Jan 2004 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 28 Apr 2004 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 03 Nov 2005 |
| Last PDS Update | 15 Dec 2006 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 28 Apr 2004 | 02 Sep 2004 | 02 Sep 2004 | 31 Oct 2004 | 30 Sep 2005 | 31 Dec 2005 |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 480,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 480,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 473,262.76 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Gas Sector Development Project | Technical Assistance Reports | May 2004 |
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