Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung meets ExxonMobil Vice President
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the National Oil and Gas Group, and the US’s ExxonMobil to speed up negotiations on the development and exploitation of the Ca Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) gas field.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung welcomes Paul Greenwood, ExxonMobil Vice President for Gas and Power Marketing (Source: baochinhphu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung hasasked the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the National Oil and Gas Group, andthe US’s ExxonMobil to speed up negotiations on the development andexploitation of the Ca Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) gas field.
At a meeting with Paul Greenwood, ExxonMobil Vice President for Gas andPower Marketing in Hanoi on October 10, the Deputy PM lauded the firm for itsengagement in the project, which is significant to ensuring national energysecurity and operating thermal power plants in the central region.
He reaffirmed the Vietnamese Government’s commitment to creating optimalconditions so the project could start pumping gas out from the Ca Voi Xanhfield in 2023.
For his part, Greenwood said that the project is important forExxonMobil in fostering cooperation with Vietnam in exploiting and producing oiland gas products.
He gave some proposals on removing obstacles for the firm and theVietnamese side to soon reach the final agreement.
The Ca Voi Xanh field is about 100 km east of the central coast. ThePrime Minister has recently approved the construction of four gas-fired powerplants in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai with total capacity of 3,000MW using gasfrom the field. The PM has also agreed to use part of the gas exploited fromthe field to develop the oil refinery industry. -VNA
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Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung welcomes Paul Greenwood, ExxonMobil Vice President for Gas and Power Marketing (Source: baochinhphu.vn) 
