PREMIER Oil expects to begin oil production from its Chem Sao asset shortly.
It is based offshore southern Vietnam, on the South China Sea’s Nam Con Son basin.
The field’s production ship, Lewek Emas, arrived in July for commissioning and tie-in to a suite of six producing wells and three water injectors, as well as to the gas export pipeline.
Premier has said it will continue to drill development wells and expects to bring three producers onstream by the end of the year.