Petrovietnam and Vietsovpetro inaugurated the BK-24 wellhead platform

(Chinhphu.vn) - On the morning of November 8, the Vietnam National Energy Industry Group (Petrovietnam) and the Vietnam - Russia Joint Venture Vietsovpetro held the inauguration ceremony of the BK-24 wellhead platform, a project to welcome the 14th National Party Congress.

Ho Chi Minh City leaders performed the inauguration ceremony of the BK-24 wellhead platform, a project to welcome the 14th National Party Congress.

The ceremony was attended by Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang and Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Quoc Phong.

Vietsovpetro's technological autonomy mark

The BK-24 project belongs to the Bach Ho field development plan, Block 09-1 (adjusted in 2024 - Southwest area), including the BK-24 wellhead platform (uninhabited) and the bridge connecting to the BK-20 platform. The platform is designed with 9 well locations, of which 6 are production wells (1 well converted to water injection) and 3 locations for future development.

The project started on February 6, 2025. By September 14, 2025, the BK-24 superstructure had been completely installed on the base, completing the main structure and entering the connection and sea trial phase.

At 5:30 p.m. on October 11, 2025, Vietsovpetro officially received the first commercial oil flow from the BK-24 rig with an initial flow of more than 400 tons/day and night at well 24001, 65 days earlier than planned.

BK-24 rig connects with BK-20 rig at sea

To achieve this result, Vietsovpetro proactively started drilling well 24001 early from August 6, 2025 using the Cuu Long jack-up rig. This technical solution requires implementation in a very short time, minimizing design adjustments so as not to affect the project progress. After the Topside BK-24 was installed, the Cuu Long rig quickly arrived from September 19 to October 10, 2025 to complete the well, in parallel with the commissioning work at sea.

The BK-24 platform is the second field development project that Vietsovpetro will complete in 2025, after Kinh Ngu Trang - Kinh Ngu Trang Nam. Receiving oil 65 days earlier than planned not only demonstrates Vietsovpetro's technical, organizational, project management and operational capacity but also demonstrates the proactive, creative and effective spirit of the Vietnamese - Russian oil and gas labor collective.

In the context of the oil and gas industry promoting the effective exploitation of small, marginal fields, the success of BK-24 continues to affirm Vietsovpetro's strength in developing cost-optimized fields, contributing to increasing oil production output, ensuring the completion and exceeding of the 2025 production and business plan, while making an important contribution to the Vietnamese State budget.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang speaks at a working session with Petrovietnam leaders

Petrovietnam strengthens cooperation, promotes socio -economic development of Ho Chi Minh City

After the inauguration ceremony of BK-24 Platform, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang and the working delegation had a working session with Petrovietnam to evaluate the results of Petrovietnam's operations in the city and orient cooperation in the coming time.

In Ho Chi Minh City, Petrovietnam currently has 20 member units operating in production, business and investment, actively contributing to promoting the industrialization and modernization process of the City. These units are operating and managing a series of key industrial facilities such as the Nam Con Son gas system, LNG and LPG warehouses, Dinh Co gas processing plant, Phu My Fertilizer Plant, Vietnam NPK Plant, petroleum port warehouse system, offshore oil and gas projects in Ba Ria - Vung Tau ..., creating a closed, modern production - distribution chain, making an important contribution to promoting the industrialization, modernization process and forming high-quality energy - petrochemical - technical service industrial zones of the City.

In addition, Petrovietnam also has important contributions in many other areas such as: Contributing to the growth and budget revenue of the City; ensuring sovereignty and security on the sea and islands and in the City; developing science and technology capacity, innovation; training, attracting and developing high-quality human resources; solving employment, increasing income and social welfare; participating in the ecosystem of industrial production and service value chains of the City.

During the process of formation and development in Ho Chi Minh City, Petrovietnam has always received close attention and direction from the City Party Committee and People's Committee, along with the effective coordination of departments, branches and sectors. The City has focused on solving planning, land, investment and administrative issues, creating favorable conditions for Petrovietnam and its member units to carry out production, business and scientific and technological research activities.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang visited the Technical Logistics Service Center of the Vietnam Petroleum Technical Services Corporation (PTSC).

These are very important factors, helping Petrovietnam and its member units operate effectively, achieve high results in recent times, and at the same time create a solid foundation for sustainable development orientation in the coming period.

At the meeting, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang expressed his high consensus with Petrovietnam's strategic cooperation proposals, affirming that these are orientations in line with the city's development vision and that Ho Chi Minh City will accompany and create favorable conditions for Petrovietnam to implement.

The two sides agreed to focus on cooperation on five key pillars, including: (1) Smart urban development, in which Petrovietnam can contribute in energy and digital transformation; (2) Development of clean energy and transport infrastructure, towards green vehicles and emission reduction; (3) Development of energy and petroleum product supply chains, ensuring energy security for the City; (4) Construction of a Marine Technical Service Center, as the core for energy support industries; (5) Forming an innovative ecosystem, sustainable development associated with an environmentally friendly consumption and production model.

The Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee highly appreciated the potential, experience and cooperative spirit of Petrovietnam, and at the same time requested the City's departments and branches to closely coordinate to soon concretize the cooperation contents, contributing to sustainable and effective development and spreading community values.

In his reply, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Petrovietnam Le Manh Hung expressed his deep gratitude to the City Party Committee, the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the departments and branches for always paying attention and accompanying the Group. Mr. Le Manh Hung affirmed that Ho Chi Minh City is not only an important economic center, but also a "big home" of more than 35,000 officials, party members and employees of Petrovietnam.

"The Group's member units will proactively coordinate with the City's departments and branches to specify the cooperation content with a clear list and progress. Petrovietnam commits to seriously and effectively implementing the agreed contents, actively contributing to socio-economic development and ensuring national energy security, and hopes to continue to receive the attention and support of Ho Chi Minh City in the coming time," Mr. Le Manh Hung emphasized.

Anh Tho

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/petrovietnam-va-vietsovpetro-khanh-thanh-gian-dau-gieng-bk-24-102251108134141245.htm