Vietsovpetro finds offshore oil field
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The Vietnamese-Russian oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro said it had discovered a new oil supply at the Tho Trang (White Rabbit) structure, in lot 09-1 to the northwest of Bach Ho (White Tiger) oil field.
Vietsovpetro deputy general director Le Viet Hai said the oil flow of 1,690 barrels a day was discovered at a depth of 3,500-3,650 metres in well ThT-1X in the Tho Trang structure. The new oil site was in a separate geological structure in lot 09-1, Hai said.
After well ThT-1X, Vietsovpetro would drill well ThT-2X to make an assessment for the oil and gas reserve in Tho Trang structure and conduct further economic and technical solutions to exploit the supply in 2013, Hai said.
