FUEL STRATEGY & SOURCING
Compare useful heat.
Choose a viable route.
Assess the fuel your operation can receive, use safely and fund across its actual duty.
Delivered price matters alongside energy content, efficiency, reliability and conversion requirements. A primary-fuel decision and a backup-fuel decision can have different economics.
DECISION FRAMEWORK
Make the route
explicit.
Use a defined sequence to connect the operating requirement with the evidence, responsibilities and next commitment.
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Measure the baseline
Consumption, production, pressure and interruptions.
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Screen the fuel routes
Equipment acceptance, logistics and approvals.
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Compare full economics
Useful heat, capital, maintenance and financing.
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Set the operating mix
Normal duty, continuity loads and changeover.
Conceptual scope sequence. The agreed assignment determines deliverables and responsibility.
Match the fuel to the application
The right comparison starts with the operating duty and the delivery route. Fuel prices alone do not establish the lowest cost of useful heat.
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| Fuel option | Application to assess | Decision factors |
|---|---|---|
| Pipeline natural gas | Existing gas-fired thermal equipment | Available pressure, contracted supply, tariffs and interruption exposure. |
| Direct LPG | Suitable burners and industrial heating | Burner conversion, bulk storage, delivered LPG price and replenishment. |
| LPG-air SNG | Compatible thermal systems needing a substitute gas blend | Appliance approval, gas properties, blend control, auxiliary energy and safety systems. |
| LNG-derived gas | Supply through an established gas delivery route | Access, delivery scale, regasification and the full infrastructure cost. |
| Diesel | Compatible liquid-fuel equipment and backup duty | Delivered cost, storage, emissions, maintenance and operating efficiency. |
| Other available fuels | Applications supported by a site-specific review | Fuel quality, handling, emissions, waste, equipment suitability and permits. |
USE YOUR OWN OPERATING DATA
Compare the cost of useful heat
Enter delivered prices and energy values on the same calorific-value basis. This compares fuel cost only; installation, auxiliary electricity, maintenance and financing are assessed separately.
Formula: price per unit ÷ (energy per unit × efficiency). Equipment compatibility and site approvals require a separate assessment.
Request a Fuel AssessmentBuild a baseline that reflects operation.
Bring fuel records, invoices, output and operating hours together. Separate continuous use from backup use and record where interruptions, pressure or fuel quality affect production.
Compare the same process duty on a consistent calorific-value basis. Prices per kilogram, cubic metre and litre need energy and efficiency conversion before they become comparable useful-heat costs.
Screen access and suitability before price.
For pipeline gas, check the connection, allocation, pressure and actual reliability; a tariff does not prove extra supply is available. Direct LPG and LPG-air SNG require comparison of logistics, burners, storage, safety and conversion cost. Direct LPG may involve fewer components.
LNG and other imports require a real access route, receiving infrastructure, scale, licensing and financing. Diesel, furnace oil, electricity, biomass and other permitted options enter the review where equipment, handling, emissions, maintenance and environmental conditions support them.
ILLUSTRATIVE REQUIREMENT
The purchase unit is only the beginning.
At 100 BDT/kg, 12.8 kWh/kg and 80% efficiency, illustrative fuel-only useful heat costs approximately 9.77 BDT/kWh.
Illustrative planning inputs only. These values are not company results, verified site data, equipment specifications or commercial offers.
Give primary and backup duty separate tests.
A fuel suited to year-round operation may be a poor backup choice. Dual-fuel or staged arrangements depend on equipment acceptance, safe isolation and disciplined operation.
Identify continuity-critical loads, changeover speed and the storage or redundancy the customer can fund. Stress-test lower utilization, adverse prices and delayed deliveries.
Expose the assumptions behind the result.
Calculate fuel cost per useful heat, then add auxiliary electricity, maintenance, capital and finance to the relevant annual model. Treat avoided production loss as a separate benefit supported by evidence; at-risk revenue is not automatically recoverable profit.
Savings and payback depend on the measured baseline and selected alternative. Show the input assumptions and the conditions that could reverse the recommendation.
Use your records to commission the review.
The assessment checklist organizes consumption, tariffs, equipment and operating information for a detailed comparison.
Where records are incomplete, identify the gaps and distinguish estimates from measured performance. A review can then specify what additional evidence is needed.