Viet Nam -- attractive plays in a new geological province

Journal Article · Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:7276033

Canh, T; Ha, D V ^[1]; Carstens, H; Berstad, S ^[2]

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1. Petrovietnam, Hanoi (Viet Nam)
2. Nopec AS, Naersnes (Norway)

Vietnam Oil and Gas Corp. (Petrovietnam) has, through 1993 and since the Vietnamese government first declared its new open door policy more than 6 years ago, issued 27 production sharing contracts to Asian, Australian, European, and North American companies. The most prospective part of Viet Nam's shallow water acreage is now being explored intensely. This acreage is concentrated in the Nam Con Son basin, the Cuu Long basin (previously known as the Mekong basin), the Malay-Thochusia basin (all off southern Viet Nam) and the Quang Ngai graben, the Song Hong basin, and the Red River delta (all off northern Viet Nam). With 6.3 million metric tons of crude oil pumped in 1993 from White Tiger (Bach Ho) field, and with Dragon (Rong) and Big Bear (Dai Hung) fields soon to be brought on stream, offshore Viet Nam is considered to be very attractive by the international oil industry, and the country's potential is still far from being fully appraised. The paper describes the exploration history of Viet Nam, sedimentary basins, play types, source rocks, and terms and conditions of licensing.

• OSTI ID: 7276033
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 92:11; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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