Vietnam’s biggest oil platform installed

The installation of topsides for Vietnam’s biggest-ever oil rig has been completed at the site of Moc Tinh gas field off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The Moc Tinh oil rig is invested by the Bien Dong Petroleum Operating Company (Bien Dong POC), a subsidiary of the state-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam).

The Moc Tinh platform together with the Hai Thach platform, another investment of the Bien Dong POC, is expected to supply two billion cu.m of gas per year and between 15,000 and 20,000 barrels of condensate per day.

Moc Tinh gas field, located at block 5.3 in the Nam Con Son basin, offshore southern Vietnam , has estimated reserves of 0.5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas and 9.59 million barrels of condensate. – VOV

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Posted by VBN on Jun 9 2011. Filed under Oil-Gas & Petroleum. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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