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ConocoPhillips Announces Sale of Vietnam Business Unit
ConocoPhillips [NYSE:COP] today announced that, as part of its ongoing strategy to create shareholder value, it has entered into an agreement to sell its Vietnam business unit for a total of $1.29 billion plus customary working capital adjustments.

First oil from Chim Sao in Vietnam
Santos today announced that oil production has commenced from the Chim Sáo project in Vietnam.

Far East Flexibility Pays Off For EnerMech in Vietnam
Mechanical engineering specialist, EnerMech, has completed a pre-commissioning engineering, pipework reinstatement and leak testing services contract, offshore Vietnam on behalf of DOF Subsea.

PTTEP starts first oil production from Vietnam 16-1
PTTEP and its partners have started first production of crude oil and natural gas from Vietnam 16-1 Project. This is the second oil field PTTEP producing from offshore Vietnam.

TGT Field Produces First Oil
SOCO is pleased to announce the first flow of crude oil and wet gas from the Te Giac Trang Field ('TGT'), which occurred at 0655 local time in Vietnam today. The block is operated on behalf of SOCO and its Partners, PetroVietnam and PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, by the Hoang Long Joint Operating Company ('HLJOC'), which was established in 1999.

NOEX executes Farm-out Agreement for Block 101-100/04, Offshore Vietnam
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation ("NOEX") (President and CEO: Mr. Makoto Koseki) has entered into a Farm-out Agreement with Salamander Energy (Vietnam) Limited ("Salamander") for an exploration block in Vietnam, namely Block 101-100/04 offshore Vietnam.

Technip awarded umbilical contract in Vietnam
Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary DUCO Ltd. has been awarded a contract, by BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, worth approximately €15 million for the Lan Do field development in Vietnam. This field is located 320 kilometers south of Ho Chi Minh City, at a water depth of 120-180 meters.

Seadrill secures new jack-up contracts in Trinidad and Vietnam
Seadrill has been awarded two new contracts by BHP Billiton Petroleum for Offshore Vigilant in Trinidad and Offshore Resolute in Vietnam.

Inpex - Successful Exploration Well in Southern Offshore Vietnam
Idemitsu Oil & Gas Co., Ltd. (Operator, President: Yasuhiro Haba), JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (President & CEO: Makoto Koseki) and Teikoku Oil (Con Son) Co., Ltd. (President: Masatoshi Sugioka) are pleased to announce a discovery of oil and gas at an exploration well in the “Dai Nga” structure in the Blocks 05-1b & 05-1c southern offshore Vietnam.

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