Posted on 11 Jan 2008
"The crude specification is not available yet but we suspect it is of the heavier type," the official said.
Tests showed an oil flow of 4,150 barrels per day, the field operator, VRJ Petroleum Co, which is 50-percent owned by Russian state oil firm Zarubezhneft, said in a statement on Tuesday.
The oil field is located 135 km (84 miles) southeast of
State oil Petrovietnam group owns a 35 percent stake in the venture and Idemitsu Cuu Long Petroleum Co Ltd, an unit of Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (5019.T: Quote, Profile, Research) has 15 percent. (Reporting by Nguyen Nhat Lam; Editing by Valerie Lee)
