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Japan’s ENEOS Xplora, PVEP Ink Deal for Vietnam Offshore Block

Apr 01, 2025

Japan's ENEOS Xplora has signed a new production-sharing contract for the Block 15-2 offshore southern Vietnam, the production and exploration arm of state oil firm PetroVietnam said on Tuesday.The 25-year contract was signed in Hanoi on Monday between ENEOS Xplora's Vietnam unit…

Jadestone Submits Field Development Plan for Assets Off Vietnam

Mar 18, 2025

Asia-Pacific focused oil and gas company Jadestone Energy has submitted a field development plan (FDP) for the Nam Du/U Minh (NDUM) discoveries offshore southwest Vietnam to Petrovietnam, kick-starting the regulatory approval process.The FDP sets out a phased development concept for NDUM…

US Operator Finds Oil Offshore Vietnam

Jan 08, 2025

U.S. oil firm Murphy Oil Corporation has made an oil discovery at the Hai Su Vang-1X exploration well in the Cuu Long Basin, offshore Vietnam.Murphy Oil’s subsidiary Murphy Cuu Long Tay Oil drilled the well at Block 15-2/17, located 40 miles offshore…

Pharos Energy Extends Licenses for Two Vietnamese Gas Fields

Dec 26, 2024

UK-based oil and gas explorer Pharos Energy said its two joint ventures in Vietnam have received local government approval to extend their licenses by five years to the early 2030s.The Te Giac Trang (TGT) field, operated by the Hoang Long Joint Operating Company…

Yinson and PetroVietnam JV Get FSO Contract for Vietnamese Field

Dec 02, 2024

PTSC Asia Pacific, a joint venture between Yinson Production and PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), has secured a contract for the provision, charter, operation and maintenance of the floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel for the Lac Da Vang project offshore Vietnam…

Mitsui to Develop Vietnam Gas Field for $740 Million

Mar 29, 2024

Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co said on Friday it has reached a final investment decision to develop Vietnam's Block B gas field, with its share of development cost of about $740 million.The project, 330 km (205 miles) off southwest Vietnam…

Jadestone Outlines Gas Sale Terms with PV Gas for Fields Offshore Vietnam

Jan 26, 2024

Asia-focused oil and gas company Jadestone Energy has signed a heads of agreement with PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV Gas) for the gas sales and purchase agreement (GSPA) relating to the Nam Du and U Minh gas fields offshore Vietnam…

Shelf Drilling Bags Contract in Vietnam

Dec 11, 2023

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling reports one of its jack-up rigs has secured a contract award with PetroVietnam Domestic Exploration Production Operating Company Limited (PVEP POC).The firm term of the contract is approximately 16 months…

McDermott-PTSC Consortium Tapped for $1B Vietnam Offshore Gas Project

Oct 31, 2023

A McDermott-Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) consortium has received a limited letter of award from Vietnam's Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company for engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI), and hook-up and commissioning (HUC) services…

Vietnam Faces Years-Long Delays for Gas Production in South China Sea as Exxon Mobil and Gazprom Projects Stalled

Oct 06, 2023

Vietnam expects further years-long delays before offshore blocks being developed by U.S. major Exxon Mobil and Russia's Gazprom will be producing gas, according to a draft government document seen by Reuters.The new timeline casts fresh doubts…

Vietnam: FSO PTSC Bien Dong 01 Contract Renewed for 5 Years

Jun 06, 2023

PTSC South East Asia (PTSC SEA) has received a 5-year extension for the bareboat charter contract for FSO PTSC Bien Dong 01.PTSC South East Asia is a joint venture between Malaysia's Yinson Production (“YP”) and PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC)…

Chinese Ships Ignore Vietnam Demand to Leave Area Close to Russian-run Offshore Gas Fields

May 26, 2023

A Chinese research ship and five escort vessels were in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Friday, close to gas blocks operated by Russian firms in the South China Sea, a day after Vietnam urged the ships to leave.The Chinese vessel…

PetroVietnam Beats Q1 Crude Output Target

Apr 10, 2023

Vietnam's state oil firm PetroVietnam said on Monday its crude oil output was 2.6 million tonnes in the first quarter this year, 12.6% higher than its target.The figure, however, is lower than the company's crude oil output of 2.74 million tonnes in the same period last year…

Vietnam, Sembcorp in Subsea Power Cable, Offshore Wind Collab

Feb 10, 2023

Vietnam is in talks with Singapore's Sembcorp to build a submarine power transmission line between the two countries, the Vietnamese government said on Friday. The announcement was made after a meeting between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh…

Valeura Energy Books Tanker for Gulf of Thailand Oil Field

Dec 02, 2022

Oil and gas company Valeura Energy has entered into a definitive agreement with PT Samudra Alam Transport to charter the MT Vula crude oil tanker to store oil produced from the Wassana oil field, offshore in the Gulf of Thailand.In Q2 2022,…

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