About

Engr. Abul K. M. Shamsuddin’s 

[Bangladesh Petroleum & Mining Consultant] Active Involvement in the “Oil, Gas, Coal, Mineral & Power Sector” World-Wide from 1965 to 2022 over a Period of 57-Years.

[An Auto-Biography]
(30 January 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

• Professional LIFE HISTORY of ENGR. ABUL K. M. SHAMSUDDIN, Bangladesh Petroleum & Mining Consultant, from 1965 to 2022 over a period of 57-years:

• The auto-biography consists of the following:

•  engr. Shamsuddin’s Educational History:
•  Professional Works History:
•  Social & PERSONAL FAMILY History:

•  Descriptions made in words & pictures  in 1299-slides:

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Gratitude / Dedication:

My autography is dedicated to my two sons – Mohammad

Shamsul Arefin (Shish) & Mohammad Rahatul Ashekin

(Sadi) – for their continuous inspiration to write the book.

I am grateful to my sons – Shamsul Arefin & Rahatul Ashekin.

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বিশ্ব-জ্বালানী ভূবনে
প্রকৌশলী আবুল কালাম মোহাম্মদ শামসুদ্দীন এর ৫৭- বৎসরের
(১৯৬৫ইং হইতে ২০২২ইং) কর্মময় জীবনের দৃপ্ত পদচারনা ।

১২৯৮-পৃষ্ঠার একটি আত্নজীবনী মূলক পুস্তক
৩০শে জানুয়ারী ২০২৩ইং তে প্রকাশিত।

Major Working Areas of Engr. Abul K. M. Shamsuddin’s Life History covering 57-years [1965-2022] of Professional Activities:

• Opening of Construction of First Underground Coal Mine of Bangladesh – Barapukuria Coal Mine – in June 1994.
• Opening of Construction of World’s First Underground Hard Rock [Granite] Mine at Maddhapara, Dinajpur, Bangladesh in October 1995.
• Discovery of First Oil Field in Bangladesh at Sylhet Gas Fields, Haripur, Sylhet in December 1986.
• Discovery of First Off-Shore Gas Fields in Bangladesh – Sangu Gas Fields in the Bay of Bengal in 1998.
• Construction of First High Pressure Gas Pipeline at Sea-bottom in Bangladesh – 52 km long from Sangu Gas Fields to Salimpur, Fouzderhat, Chittagong Gas Processing Plants in 1998-99.
• Detail Description of Phulbari Coal Deposit discovered in 2004 in Dinajpur was made mentioning the reasons for not to consider open-pit mining as proposed by the Mine Developer.
• Detail Description for Construction & Development of Khalashpir Coal Mine at Pirganj, Rangpur was made in 2007 and using Khalashpir Coal for Power Generation profitably.
• Worked as “Project Engineer” in the State Organization for the Distribution of Oil Products & Gas (SODOPAG) under Ministry of Oil, Govt. of Iraq during 1982-83. I worked throughout Iraq in the area of Construction of Oil Distribution Pipelines, Gas Filling Stations, Construction & Installation of High Pressure LPG Vessels.
• Received Specialized Training in “Coal Mining” in Japan. Worked in Most Mechanized Thick-Seam Coal Mines, MIIKE Collieries, in Japan during September-November 1989.
• Worked in Coal Mines & Coal Based Power Stations in Australia during 1992.
• Attended Specialized Certificate Courses on “Petroleum Management” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA during June-November 1986.
• Obtained Post-Graduate Diploma on “Mining Exploration” from Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands in 1980.

1. Presently, Petroleum & Mining Consultant; House of Consultants Ltd (HCL); Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2. Presently, Project Director; Techno-Economic Feasibility Study (TEFS) of Khalashpir Coal Deposit, Pirganj, Rangpur, Hosaf International Ltd [Hosaf Group], Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3. Former Managing Director, Pashchimanchal Gas Co Ltd (PGCL), PETROBANGLA, Bangladesh.
4. Former CEO, Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd (SGFL), Sylhet, Bangladesh. 
5. Former CEO, Jalalabad Gas (JGTDSL) Sylhet, Bangladesh. 
6. Former Project Engineer, State Organization for the Distribution of Oil Products & Gas [SODOPAG], Ministry of Oil, Govt. of Iraq, Baghdad.
7. Former Project Director, Maddhapara Hard Rock Mining Project, Petrobangla, Parbatipur, Rangpur, Bangladesh.
8. Former Sr. General Manager, Petroleum Concession Division [PCD], Petrobangla.
9. Former Project Director, Environment & Safety Management System [ESMS], Petrobangla.
10. Former Visiting Professor, Petroleum & Mining Engineering [PME] Department, Military Institute of Science & Technology [MIST], Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
11. Former Visiting Professor, Petroleum & Mining Engineering [PME] Department, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology [CUET], Chittagong, Bangladesh.
12. Former Mining Engineer, Pakistan Progressive Cement Industries [PPCI], Jhelum, Pakistan in 1970.
13. Research Scholar & Mining Engineer, Jitpur Collieries, Jharia Coal Belt, Dhanbad, India, from 1972-75.