Govt approves Tk24,000cr fuel oil, crude import proposals

Bangla Press Desk:  The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase on Tuesday approved proposals for several fuel and crude oil import.

The approval came from a meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at the Secretariat with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.

Under the government-to-government arrangements, refined fuel oil will be imported from seven companies of different countries at an estimated cost of Tk10,826.11 crore during the January-June period of 2026.

The suppliers include PetroChina, China, ENOC, UAE, IOCL, India, OQT, Thailand, PTLCL, Malaysia, BSP, Indonesia, and UNIPEC, China.

The committee also approved proposal for importing 700,000 metric tonnes of Murban grade crude oil from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company at a cost of around Tk5,542.86 crore and 800,000 metric tonnes of Arabian Light Crude from Saudi Aramco at Tk6,320.22 crore.

Besides, the committee approved the import of 180,000 metric tons of diesel through India–Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline from Numaligarh Refinery Limited, with an estimated cost of Tk1,461.76 crore.

All proposals were placed by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division.

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