Vietsovpetro – A 40-year journey of oil exploration

The Vietnam – Russia oil and gas joint venture, Vietsovpetro, has conducted hundreds of thousands of kilometres of 2D seismic survey and tens of thousands of square kilometres of 3D seismic survey and drilled over 600 exploration and production wells of oil and gas with a total length of more than 2,500km.

Vietsovpetro’s oil and gas exploitation rigs at Bach Ho oilfield (Photo: VNA)

Oil exploitation at Bach Ho (White Tiger) oilfield, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province (Photo: VNA)

Repairing facility at the oil rig (Photo: VNA)

Operation at the control room for receiving and exporting oil on board Vietsovpetro – 01 ship. This is Vietsovpetro’s most important project, contributing to bringing crude oil production from the beginning of the year to more than 2.5 million tonnes. (Photo: VNA)

Central processing platform No. 2 at Bach Ho oil field includes four floating works, namely central processing platform, water injection platform, gas compression platform and accommodation platform. (Photo: VNA)

Transporting equipment to the rig at Vietsovpetro port in Vung Tau city. (Photo: VNA)

Workers repair equipment on drilling rigs at Bach Ho oilfield. (Photo: VNA)

Central processing platform No. 3 at Bach Ho oilfield, a member unit of Vietsovpetro, was put into operation in 2003. (Photo: VNA)

Night on the central processing platform No. 2. (Photo: VNA)

Exploited by Vietsovpetro, Bach Ho is the largest oil field on the continental shelf of the Cuu Long basin, located in the Southeast, 145km from the Vung Tau coast. (Photo: VNA)

Vietsovpetro’s oil rigs at the Bach Ho oilfield (Photo: VNA)

Night on the central processing platform No. 2. (Photo: VNA)

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