Vietnam

Australian independent Carnarvon Petroleum has said its NSE-A3 exploration well on the Na Sunan East oilfield in Vietnam's Phetchabun basin is producing crude oil at a stabilised... 2008-07-25

State-owned Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex) has announced plans to build an oil refinery in the country's central Khan Hoa province.

China has told US major ExxonMobil to withdraw from an exploration deal with Vietnam in the South China Sea, claiming that the blocks under contract are in Chinese waters and therefore... 2008-07-22

First oil will start flowing from the offshore Ca Ngu Vang (Golden Tuna) field in Vietnam in July 2008, according to the partners in the Hoan Vu joint operating company.

Independent Premier Oil has announced a discovery at its Chim So North appraisal well on Block 12W in Vietnam.

PetroVietnam and Russia's Zarubezhneft have agreed to set up a second joint venture (JV) in order to start jointly developing oil blocks in Russia's Yamal-Nenets Autonomous... 2008-05-13

Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) has said that its natural gas field in Vietnam's Block 9-2 should come onstream in Q308 and produce 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent... 2008-04-24

The Vietnamese government has doubled the tariff on crude oil exports as part of its efforts to reduce budget deficits and ensure adequate supplies for its expanding petroleum and... 2008-04-22

Japan's Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui Chemicals will join Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) and state-owned PetroVietnam to build a JPY600bn oil refining and petrochemicals complex... 2008-04-01

London-listed independent oil exploration and production (E&P) company SOCO International expects to see initial output from its Vietnamese CNV field later in 2008, along with... 2008-03-27