Vietnam to hand over US$100mn oil rig to Brunei in June

Dong Xuan Thang – director of the PTSC Mechanical and Construction Company, an arm of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) – said his firm has completed the construction of the 1,200 tonne base (or jacket) of the platform.

Now, it is building the topside of the platform, weighing nearly 3,000 tonnes, in Vung Tau of the southern Vietnamese province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The two parts of the platform, named the Marahaja Lela South (MLS), will be taken offshore and delivered to the investor, Total E&P Borneo B.V., in June.

In February last year, PTSC M&C and MLS signed a contract to provide engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning services of the MLS platform to be located in water at a depth of 63 meters offshore Brunei. The value of the contract is US$100 million.

In November 2014, PTSC built and exported to India the US$70 million topside of the central platform HRD for the Indian Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.