At the event (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Agreements on wellheadgas prices and transport costs for Block B – O Mon gas project were signed inHanoi on September 1.
The dealswere inked between the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), PetroVietnamExploration Production Corporation (PVEP), and PetroVietnam Gas Joint StockCorporation (PV Gas), Japan’s Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. Ltd. (MOECO) andThailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP).
Speaking at the signing ceremony, PetroVietnamGeneral Director Nguyen Vu Truong Son said the project has a quite complicatedgeological structure, which requires exploitation methods similar to other gasprojects in the Gulf of Thailand.
In July, PetroVietnam submitted a gas fielddevelopment plan to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, under which theexploitation needs up to 1,000 drilling wells and 50-60 oil rigs, he said.
The signing of the agreements creates an importantpremise for the involved parties to soon reach necessary trade deals for theproject, he added.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and TradeCao Quoc Hung said Block B – O Mon is one of the two biggest gas projects inVietnam, with a total investment of 10 billion USD.
With an annual output of 5 billion cubic meters,the project will supply crude gas for O Mon power centre and Ca Maugas-power-fertilizer complex.
Particularly, with estimated total revenue of 47billion USD, the project is expected to contribute around 18 billion USD to theState budget.
The provision of gas from this project will helpthe south-western region boost development of industries and ensure energysecurity for the nation.-VNA
The dealswere inked between the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), PetroVietnamExploration Production Corporation (PVEP), and PetroVietnam Gas Joint StockCorporation (PV Gas), Japan’s Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. Ltd. (MOECO) andThailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP).
Speaking at the signing ceremony, PetroVietnamGeneral Director Nguyen Vu Truong Son said the project has a quite complicatedgeological structure, which requires exploitation methods similar to other gasprojects in the Gulf of Thailand.
In July, PetroVietnam submitted a gas fielddevelopment plan to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, under which theexploitation needs up to 1,000 drilling wells and 50-60 oil rigs, he said.
The signing of the agreements creates an importantpremise for the involved parties to soon reach necessary trade deals for theproject, he added.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and TradeCao Quoc Hung said Block B – O Mon is one of the two biggest gas projects inVietnam, with a total investment of 10 billion USD.
With an annual output of 5 billion cubic meters,the project will supply crude gas for O Mon power centre and Ca Maugas-power-fertilizer complex.
Particularly, with estimated total revenue of 47billion USD, the project is expected to contribute around 18 billion USD to theState budget.
The provision of gas from this project will helpthe south-western region boost development of industries and ensure energysecurity for the nation.-VNA
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