OREANDA-NEWS. January 20, 2012. TNK-BP announced that the Group has commenced its first offshore drilling operations on the Lan Do field development project offshore Vietnam.

Lan Do field contains 2 vertical sub-sea wells at a water depth of about 185 meters and is located 28 kilometers east of Lan Tay Platform in Block 06.1, where TNK-BP is producing natural gas and condensate for power generation in Vietnam. The sub-sea wells drilling will be tied back to Lan Tay Platform using a single 12-inch flow line.

Gas production from Lan Do, which is scheduled to come on stream in the fourth quarter of this year, is expected to bring 2 billion cubic meters of gas annually to sustain Block 06.1’s current production of 4.7 billion cubic meters.

Alexander Dodds, Executive Vice President, Upstream, said: “Launching operations at the Lan Do field is a milestone in TNK-BP’s operational history. It will provide us with crucial technical data and allow us to acquire unique new competencies in offshore field development.”