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The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has just signed the decision to approve investing in "shared infrastructure" project between EVN and Singapore Sembcorp for Dung Quat combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) power plants 1, 2&3.    

The Prime Minister has approved the policy to invest in Dung Quat 1 and Dung Quat 3 Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (GTCC) Plants in the chain of Blue Whale Projects.

On March 26, at the investment promotion conference  in 2017 of Quang Nam province, an investment cooperation agreement on a gas project of Blue Whale field between Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), Exxon Mobil Corporation (USA) and Quang Nam province has been signed with the witness of the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

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.

On March 14, 2019, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Trinh Dinh Dung received Vice Chairman of Gazprom Group (Russia). The Vice President of Gazprom proposed to the Vietnamese Government that in the coming time, Gazprom wants to develop more new investment projects in Vietnam in the oil and gas field, from exploration, exploitation, transportation to processing and trading  products ...

From now to 2025, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) will expect to exploit 6 - 10 new oil and gas projects including RC-8 of Dragon field, BK-22 rig, and BK-4A rig of Bach Ho field and a number of structures in Block 09.1, White Whale (Kinh Ngu Trang) – Southern White Whale field, Lot 05.1a, Gold Camel -A rig and 2 gas projects as Swan – Gull (Thien Nga - Hai Au), Nam Du - U Minh fields. In the period of 2025 - 2030, PVN will strive to put large gas projects into operation such as Block B (quarter 4/2026), White Lion (Su Tu Trang) - Phase 2 B (September 2026), and Blue Whale (2028).

On September 5, 2019in Hanoi, at the meeting with Mr. David Stone, General Director of Vietnam Market of AES Group (United States), Mr. Nguyen Van Binh, the Head of Central Economic Committee said that the AES group would contribute to investing in liquefied natural gas (LNG) fired power projects is very much suitable with the development orientation of Vietnam.

Information from PVN showed that in 11 months of 2016, PVN completed investment and put into operation the RC -9 (9-lot) project at 6/6/2016 ahead by schedule by a month and 9 days, Tam Dao 5 self-lifting drilling rig at 12/8/2016, and successfully launched the topside of BK Thien Ung gas  exploiting rig at 12/9/2016. Besides, the group also finished installation of generator of the second  unit of Thai Binh 2 thermal power plant at 12/4/2016.

At the meeting with PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV GAS), Mr. Philippe Sauquet – the Member of the Administrative Council, General Director of the Electricity, Gas and Renewable Energy Division of Total SA Group expressed a wish to cooperate with PV GAS to develop the projects in Vietnam in future, especially LNG ones.

On January 17, 2018, at the meeting with Mr. Tatsuo Yasunaga, Chairman and General Director, Mitsui & Co (Japan), Mr. Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade (Vietnam) asked Mitsui and relevant agencies to deal with the shortcomings and speed up the progress of gas projects in lot B.

Speaking at a meeting with representatives of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) on the current situation of implementation of the gas power projects in Dung Quat area, Mr. Dang Van Minh, Vice Chairman of Quang Ngai provincial people’s committee (PPC) expressed that the Quang Ngai PPC always supports EVN to deploy the gas power projects in Quang Ngai.

From the results of the international conference "Policies for developing the wind, solar and gas power projects in Vietnam" organized by the Department of Electricity and Renewable Energy - Ministry of Industry and Trade, Scientific Council of Vietnam Energy Magazine at the end of August 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, the Conference Organizing Committee has reported to the Prime Minister and the Central Economic Commission on mechanisms and policies for developing these power projects in coming time.

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 May 22, in Hanoi, the United State Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) signed an agreement on USTDA fund of US$ 1.4 million for EVN to implement the project "Technical support for studying development of the gas power projects in Southern Vietnam".

After highly agreeing to propose the Prime Minister agreed to transfer the investor of O Mon 3 and O Mon 4 gas-fired thermal power projects from the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN). Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha proposed the two sides urgently transfer all the implementation results, as well as the obligations and responsibilities of the investor related to these two projects.