Ken Bau Oil and Gas Field (Vietnam)

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Ken Bau Oil and Gas Field is a discovered oil and gas field in Vietnam.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Ken Bau Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type²
Ken Bau	Discovered^[1]^[2]	Eni S.P.A.^[3]	Eni S.P.A. (50.0%); Essar Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Ltd. (50.0%)^[4]^[2]	2019^[5]^[1]	–	2028 (expected)^[6]	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Ken Bau Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
condensate	original volume in place	450	million boe	2020	^[4]^[7]
gas	original volume in place	226532.63	million m³	2020	^[4]^[7]^[8]

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Ken Bau Oil and Gas Field


Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 114^[4]	Unknown, Vietnam	Unknown	No location data found

Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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