Tullow Oil has discovered a significant natural gas field at one its exploration sites in Bangladesh.
The Bangora-1 well encountered a number of gas bearing reservoirs between at depths of between 2,580 3,285 metres.
The company said gas quality is high, with 99.13 per cent combustible gases.
Tullow intends to carry out a comprehensive appraisal programme over Bangora and at its other Bangladeshi discovery at Lalmai before beginning production.