Te Giac Trang oil, gas field starts up off Vietnam

Aug. 22, 2011

Hoang Long Joint Operating Co. has placed Te Giac Trang field H1 area on production in the Cuu Long basin off Vietnam.

Crude oil moves through a subsea pipeline to the Armada TGT 1 floating production, storage, and offloading vessel with 55,000 b/d nameplate capacity. It is to be exported to regional refineries. Gas will be shipped via pipeline to Bach Ho facilities for processing and transport to shore in existing lines.

Plateau production is 55,000 b/d and 30 MMcfd. The field was discovered in August 2005 and its development approved in September 2009.

HLJOC operates the field on behalf of SOCO International PLC, PetroVietnam, and PTT Exploration & Production PCL.

HLJOC is still drilling production wells in the H4 area of TGT Field and fabricating platform topsides in preparation for its start-up in August 2012.

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Alan Petzet | Chief Editor Exploration

Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.

Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.