Kovtun Andray, head of Gazprom International’s representative office in Vietnam,revealed this at a recent meeting with the provincial People’s Committee.
Accordingly, VietGazprom is surveying plans to bring gas to the mainland ofQuang Tri from the Bao Vang field, 120km offshore on the continental shelf ofcentral Vietnam, and construct a 340MW gas-to-power plant in the province’sQuang Tri Southeastern Economic Zone, Dau tu (Vietnam Investment Review) reported.
After completing the survey, VietGazprom will submit the project to GazpromInternational for approval in March 2017.
Nguyen Duc Chinh, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said Quang Triwill support and create the most favourable conditions for VietGazprom tocomplete the survey as the Vietnamese Government is very interested in cooperationbetween Vietnamese and Russian businesses.
He also expected the project, if it is implemented, to boost the province’ssocio-economic growth.-VNA