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Amec Foster Wheeler awarded Vietnam’s Dung Quat refinery contract supporting its $1.8 billion expansion plan
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd (BSR), a subsidiary of state-owned Vietnam National Oil & Gas Group (PetroVietnam), for their Dung Quat oil refinery in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. The contract is part of the US$1.8 billion expansion and upgrading plan which is planned to increase the plant’s annual processing capacity by 30 per cent.

Double contract win for Wood Group in Ca Rong Do
Wood Group has been awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the subsea development of the Talisman Energy Ca Rong Do field offshore Vietnam; estimated to contain around 67 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Gazprom Neft increases collaboration with Vietnam
Gazprom Neft and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) have signed a series of agreements to extend their collaboration activity. The documents were signed in Hanoi (Vietnam), in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev and the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng.

The cumulative oil production in Block 15-2(Offshore Vietnam) reached 200 million barrels
Japan Vietnam Petroleum Company Ltd (JVPC) (President & CEO; Hironori Wasada) a subsidiary of JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (President & CEO; Shunsaku Miyake) announced that the cumulative oil production in Block 15-2 reached 200 million barrels (※)in July this year.　(※) 200 million barrels is nearly equivalent to oil consumption for 43 days in Japan.

Eni signs two new production sharing contracts for offshore exploration in Vietnam
Eni's CEO, Claudio Descalzi, signed today with Petrovietnam's President and CEO, Do Van Hau, two Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for the exploration of blocks 116 and 124, located off the coast of Vietnam.

Completion of the detailed feasibility study of petrochemical refinery project in Vietnam
Reference is made to the notification to the Stock Exchange of Thailand on May 15, 2013, in relation to the Detailed Feasibility Study (“DFS”) of the fully integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in Vietnam, which PTT has got an approval by the Government of Vietnam to conduct a DFS on May 31, 2013.

Discovery of Gas and Condensate Offshore Southern Vietnam Blocks 05-1b and 05-1c
Idemitsu Oil & Gas Co., Ltd. (Operator, President: Kosuke Tsuji), JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (President & CEO: Shunsaku Miyake) and Teikoku Oil (Con Son) Co., Ltd. (President: Kenji Kawano) are pleased to announce the discovery of gas and condensate at the fourth well called “SV-1X” in the “Sao Vang” structure in Blocks 05-1b and 05-1c offshore southern Vietnam.

First oil from Dua
Santos today announced that oil production has commenced from the Dua oil project, offshore Vietnam.

Eni signs a new contract for exploration with PetroVietnam
Eni’s Ceo, Claudio Descalzi, today signed in Hanoi with PetroVietnam President and Ceo, Do Van Hau, a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the exploration of the offshore Block 122.

Yinson's Floating Production, Storage and Offloading ("FPSO") PTSC Lam Son Starts Production
On behalf of the Board of Directors of YINSON HOLDINGS BERHAD ("YINSON" or "the Company"), we would like to announce that Yinson's Floating Production, Storage and Offloading ("FPSO") PTSC Lam Son (jointly owned with PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation) had on 6 June 2014 produced its first oil for Lam Son Joint Operating Company ("LSJOC") which marks the commencement of production in the said oil field located in Vietnam.