The first flow of hydrocarbons from H4 Wellhead Platform actually came on-stream at 9:30 AM on 6th July 2012.
The Ceremony was honored to receive the presence of the following dignitaries: Mr. Le Duong Quang – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Member of State’s Steering Committee of Oil and Gas Projects; Mr. Nguyen Van Cong – Deputy Minister of Roads and Transportation, Mr. Nguyen Tan Minh – Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Secretary of Baria-Vungtau Provincial Communist Party Committee, Mr. Le Manh Ha – Vice Chairman of the People Committee of Hochiminh City, Dr. of Science Phung Dinh Thuc – Chairman of the Board of Directors of PetroVietnam, Dr. Do Van Hau – President and CEO of PetroVietnam; the Block 16-1 Petroleum Contract Partners: PVEP (Vietnam), SOCO (United Kingdom), PTTEP (Thailand), OPECO (USA); commercial and technical contractors, representatives from Embassies and Foreign affairs agencies, and the public mass media.
TGT-WHP-H4 first production has been achieved 37 days ahead of the 2012 Plan of the Block 16-1 Petroleum Contract Management Committee (12 August 2012) and 11.5 months ahead of the Early Development Plan of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam.
To the joy of the employees and witnessed by the senior Leaders of the Communist Party, the Government and PetroVietnam; HLJOC and representatives of the Partners presided over the valve opening protocol to bring the H4 hydrocarbons on-stream – an etiquette representing the successful cooperation and fortunes of the project.
The achievement of bringing H4 Platform on-stream was a tremendous effort, being ahead of schedule, of high quality and cost-effective together with the highest level of safety with no lost time incidents. In addition, the total production output of the TGT Field is as per the original approved design.
At the ceremony, special recognition was awarded to the outstanding technical contractors, including PVC-MS, who contributed to the success of the H4 project.
In his speech at the Ceremony, Dr. Ngo Huu Hai – General Manager of HLJOC informed that works are being undertaken promptly for the exploration appraisal and commercial production of the H5 area of the TGT Field in order to increase the production output in the coming years.
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