Gazprom and Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) will jointly drill block numbers 129 to 132 in the continental shelf of Viet Nam this year, said a press statement issued by Gazprom on May 6.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has told Chairman of the Management Board of Russia’s Gazprom Neft Company A. Dyukov that Vietnam always backs cooperation between the firm and PetroVietnam for mutual benefit.

 Leading Russian energy group Gazprom and leading Vietnamese oil and gas group PetroVietnam have reached an agreement on operating and developing Vietnam’s Dung Quat oil refinery.

The Voice of Russia recently reported that GazpromNeft has nearly completed the process of purchasing shares of Vietnam’s Dung Quat oil refinery. However, the refinery’s top official says the negotiations are still ongoing.