Oil & Gas

On the occasion of visiting and working in the United States, in Washington, D.C., Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Mr. Roger Jenkins - General Director of Murphy Oil (USA).

On May 9, 2022, during a business trip to the US, Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) and Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR) had working sessions with partners/suppliers of crude oil in Houston (USA).

On the afternoon of March 16, Prime Minister (PM) Pham Minh Chinh chaired a working meeting with the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) on the production and business situations of the group in 2021, the first two months of 2022 and in 2022.

At the meeting with Mr. Ashish Kumar - General Director of India Essar Group (India), Mr. Le Manh Hung - General Director of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) proposed researching the development of cooperation between this group and Dung Quat Oil Refinery to research developing an integrated petrochemical project with the overall development orientation of using gas - condensate from the Ken Bau field.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, Head of the State Steering Committee for the key oil and gas projects has just signed Decision No. 11/QD-BCDNNDK dated January 19, 2022 promulgating the Operational Regulations of the Steering Committee for assisting the Government and Prime Minister to direct implementing the key oil and gas projects.

On the occasion of accompanying National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue to pay an official visit to the Republic of India, on the afternoon of December 16, 2021, Mr. Le Manh Hung - General Director of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) had a meeting with Mr. Rajesh Kamath - CEO of Thyssenkrupp Group, India branch (Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions - TKIS). At the meeting, the two sides discussed opportunities to expand fields in the following stages of the oil and gas industry such as: petrochemical refining technology, fertilizers, fiber, green energy...

Within the framework of the recent business trip to the Russian Federation of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), the leaders of Russia Petroleum Company Zarubezhneft and PVN deliberated the cooperation to invest in developing the West Yereagin Oil field project (Russia).

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) informed that in the recent official visit to Japan by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the PVN mission had a working meeting with Japanese partners. PVN mission discussed and exchanged with JX NOEX issues related to oil and gas activities in the Petroleum Product Sharing Contract (PSC) of Lot 15-2 and the plan for deploying this project after 2025 (at the end of PSC).

On November 18 in Hanoi, Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on building a strategic partnership in 2021 – 2024 years to promote clean and sustainable energy development in Vietnam, as well as support PVN to achieve the green energy transition goal. Specifically, the two sides will cooperate in strategy, a roadmap for green energy transition, carbon capture, use and storage; developing hydrogen industry and offshore wind power projects.

At 2:15 on October 13, 2021, Ca Tam (Sturgeon) field after exploitation by nearly 2 years and 9 months has reached the oil production of 01 million tons, oil turnover of 427.5 million US$ and budget payment of 169 million US$.

In the first eight months of 2021, gas demand for power generation declined due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that negatively affected state budget revenues and the economy, as well as implementation of the national energy strategy.

Information from the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) said: The investment management activities of PVN in recent times had many positive evolutions. Besides putting oil and gas fields into operation as planned, the progress schedules of the power projects (Song Hau 1 – 2x600 MW, Thai Binh 2 – 2x600 MW) were also accelerated.

The Ministry of Finance recently reported that although revenues from domestic, import and export activities have fallen short of estimated levels, budget revenue from crude oil in the first eight months recorded positive results. At VND25.7 trillion it equaled 111 percent of the estimate, and up 0.9 percent over the same period last year.

On 22 September 2021, in New York, representatives of The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) and Petrovietnam Gas JSC (PV Gas) today exchanged the signed joint venture agreement for the Son My LNG terminal, which will be located in Binh Thuan Province in South-Central Vietnam. The terminal will play an important role in accelerating Vietnam’s energy transition and economic growth.

On the occasion of working with the European Parliament and the Belgium Kingdom, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue received Mr. Perer Lavoy – The Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific region of Exxon Mobil Group (USA) in Belgium. At the meeting with Mr. Perer Lavoy, the National Assembly Chairman acknowledged the efforts of Exxon in implementing the principle assigning on government guarantee and committing for Blue Whale Gas field and suggested Exxon and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) continue close coordinating to maintain the timely progress schedule to take the first gas flow from Blue Whale field by 2024.