Posts Tagged ‘ Crude ’

Petrovietnam to start Nghi Son refinery construction in Q4 

October 11, 2011
Petrovietnam to start Nghi Son refinery construction in Q4 

  Construction of the $7.5 billion 200,800-barrel-per-day Nghi Son oil refinery, Vietnam’s second, will start in the last quarter of this year after a half-year delay, state oil and gas group Petrovietnam said on Tuesday. Vietnam’s natural gas output this year is expected to fall 5.7 percent from 2010 to 8.86 billion cubic meters, the [...]

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Thai PTTEP says Vietnam 16-1 project starts operations 

August 23, 2011
Thai PTTEP says Vietnam 16-1 project starts operations 

  Thailand’s largest oil and gas explorer, PTT Exploration and Production Pcl, (PTTEP) , said on Tuesday its Vietnam 16-1 project started production on Aug. 22 with an initial flow of about 15,000 barrels per day. The production at Te Giac Trang (TGT) field is expected to reach 40,000 bpd of crude oil and about [...]

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Vietnam invites bids for 9 oil/gas blocks, boosts investment 

August 4, 2011
Vietnam invites bids for 9 oil/gas blocks, boosts investment 

  PetroVietnam has launched the 2011 licensing round for nine oil and gas blocks offshore Vietnam, the first since 2007 and the most in recent years, while Vietsovpetro will boost investments, as the country works on reversing declining output and exports. Vietnam, a net oil exporter and Southeast Asia’s third-largest producer, has been facing falling [...]

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Vietnam's Te Giac Trang field oil, gas output to jump in Aug 2012 

July 1, 2011
Vietnam's Te Giac Trang field oil, gas output to jump in Aug 2012 

  Crude oil and gas production is expected to start next August at a jacket of the Te Giac Trang field offshore Vietnam, which would nearly double the field output to 95,000 barrels per day (bpd), operators said. Te Giac Trang (White Rhino) in block 16-1, operated by Hoang Long Joint Operating Co and where [...]

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Libya on edge as Kadhafi forces fight back in west 

February 25, 2011
Libya on edge as Kadhafi forces fight back in west 

Libyan nationals protest against Moamer Kadhafi’s regime in front of a building housing the Libyan embassy in Washington, DC. Libya was on edge on Friday as forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi’s crumbling regime staged a bloody fightback in western towns near Tripoli, as the east declared itself free of his iron-fisted rule. Outraged Western governments [...]

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Rare earth minerals: Vietnam needs technology, not export focus 

November 20, 2010
Rare earth minerals: Vietnam needs technology, not export focus 

  Expert says shipping raw materials would be a waste of national resources Samples of rare earth compounds are displayed in the showroom of a Chinese company. China now ranks first in the world for rare earth mineral reserves while Vietnam has reserves of some one million tons. Vietnam should acquire the technology to process [...]

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PetroVietnam signs deals with Uzbeks

February 5, 2010
PetroVietnam signs deals with Uzbeks

The Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) announced it had signed three new contracts at a press conference in Ha Noi yesterday, February 4. The contracts included two oil and gas exploration and extraction deals at Block 105-110 and Block 04-2, and another at Kossor in Uzbekistan.The group reported a total revenue of [...]

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Vietnam’s Jan crude oil output plunges 26.2 pct y/y

January 29, 2010
Vietnam’s Jan crude oil output plunges 26.2 pct y/y

Vietnam’s crude oil output plunged 26.2 percent in January from the same month a year ago, the government said on Friday. The country produced an estimated 1.16 million tons, or about 274,000 barrels per day, of crude oil in January.Crude production last month was revised down to 1.05 million tons, a fall of 25 percent [...]

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Vietnam revises oil product tariffs

January 27, 2010
Vietnam revises oil product tariffs

Vietnam has narrowed the prices used to calculate oil product import tariffs by switching to a Platts 30-day average of Singapore WTI crude oil prices, a move traders said would not immediately impact demand. The Platts spread is $45 to $95 a barrel, compared to tariffs in place since last April based on crude oil [...]

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Vietnam oil reserves good for 30 years

January 25, 2010
Vietnam oil reserves good for 30 years

Vietnam’s current level of recoverable reserves of crude oil and gas are enough for another three decades of production, a local newspaper said Monday. Vietnam has not been able to explore all its oil resources to come up with precise data on recoverable reserves, the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper said, quoting chairman Dinh La Thang [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...