Project Profile
Value: US$ 1 billion
Location: Off the southwest coast of Vietnam to power plants at the O Mon Power Complex, Vietnam
Length: 400 km
Capacity: 18.3 mcm/d
Start-up Year: 2014
The Block B Gas Pipeline Project operated by PV Gas have a total investment of approximately US$1 billion. The project transports natural gas from Block B&48/95 and Block 52/97, off the Southwest coast of Vietnam, with a capacity of 18.3 million cubic metre per day (equivalent to 6.4 billion cubic metre per year) to power plants at the O Mon Power Complex, Tra Noc of Can Tho City (total capacity of 3,000 MW), and to the power and fertilizer plants in southernmost province of Ca Mau Province, as well as to other consumers in the South Western Region. The 400 km pipeline will be the longest pipeline in Vietnam, with an offshore section of 246 km and 152 km on shore, reaching Can Tho City through the Provinces of Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Bac Lieu, and Ca Mau.
Block B started production in 2014. The gas project is the largest of its kind in Vietnam. Chevron operates the Block B project on behalf of Japan’s Mitsui Oil Exploration, Thailand’s PTTEP, and PetroVietnam E&P.
Operators:
PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PetroVietnam): Operator with 65.88% interest
Mitsui Oil Exploration Co.,Ltd.: 25.62% interest
PTT Exploration and Production Public Company: 8.5% interest
Contractors:
WorleyParsons: FEED contract