Vietsovpetro successfully installs wellhead platform topside at Bach Ho oil field
The Vietnam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro said on September 11 that it completed the installation of the wellhead platform topside block of the BK-23 drilling rig at Lot 09.1 of Bach Ho oil field, 145 kilometres to the southeast of Vung Tau city a day earlier.
The wellhead platform topside block of the BK-23 drilling rig at Lot 09.1 of Bach Ho oil field is successfully installed on September 10. (Photo: VNA)
Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – The Vietnam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro said on September 11 that it completed the installation of the wellhead platform topside block of the BK-23 drilling rig at Lot 09.1 of Bach Ho oil field, 145 kilometres to the southeast of Vung Tau city a day earlier.
More than 130 workers used a crane vessel to install the 760-tonne block in accordance with schedule, ensuring safety and the most rational costs despite bad weather conditions caused by typhoon Yagi.
𝕴 BK-23, an unmanned wellhead platform, is located near the existing BK-14 oil rig, which will receive oil and gas from the former through an auxiliary equipment system and connecting pipelines./.
The BK-23 rig, located at the Bach Ho field on Vietnam’s continental shelf, about 145km southeast of Vung Tau ciy, is an unmanned platform designed by Vietsovpetro's Science Research and Engineering Institute.
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