Offshore field in Vietnam successfully drilled

TNK Vietnam, a subsidiary of TNK-BP, has announced that it has successfully completed its first offshore drilling project in Vietnam.

The oil industry will be interested to hear about the completion, opening up a potential range of new resources to the industry. The Lan Đỏ offshore field in Vietnam is the first TNK-BP have drilled in the region, and could be the starting point for several more.

Construction and drilling efforts have taken 94 days to complete so far, with the platform operating at depths of 185 metres. The wells will be tied back to the existing Lan Tây Platform using a single 12-inch subsea flow line in late May 2012.

The development plan states that the first Lan Đỏ gas will flow through the pipeline in the fourth quarter of 2012. Alexander Dodds, TNK-BP’s executive vice president, Upstream, said: “Completion of the first two development wells is a significant milestone for our company, as it is the first ever offshore drilling project for the TNK-BP Group. The project was delivered right on time, and we expect first gas from the new Lan Đỏ field as early as in October 2012.”

Posted by Lauren Steadman