The exploration and production arm of Malaysian state oil company Petronas has discovered oil and gas in an area off the coast of northern Vietnam, a Vietnamese state-backed newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Petronas Carigali Overseas Sdn Bhd announced the discovery in the Ham Rong-2X well, which is expected to have a capacity of about 6,300 bpd of oil and 8 million standard cu ft of gas per day, the Vietnam News said.
The newspaper gave no estimate of total reserves in the well off the coast of the port city of Hai Phong in the Ham Rong Oil Prospect.
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