With the tireless efforts of the units, contractors and all officers and employees, after one year with the slogan "High-leveled Determination, Right Action, Good Solution, Early Finish", PetroVietnam has successfully completed the 16-million-ton target assigned by the Government at 16:20pm of 17th December 2013 with 14 days ahead, while exceeding the oil production output of 16.7 million tonnes that the Group committed to the Government. This is also the 5th consecutive year that PetroVietnam over fulfills the oil and gas exploration target ahead the schedule.
The overfulfilment of 2013 oil and gas production target is a gift and delight to welcome New Year 2014 and the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Horse. In the context of the country's economy difficulties due to the impact of the global economic crisis, the target overfulfilment has significantly contributed to increasing revenues for the country and is also a source of spiritual encouragement, motivation for the petroleum workers who are days and nights clinging to the sea to continue striving for oil and gas production targets in 2014 and subsequent years.
Looking back on the accomplishment of the year, it can be seen that with a spirit of solidarity, unity and consensus, PetroVietnam has overcome many difficulties and challenges, from the strict management of exploitation of each sea, each field to the determination to apply good solutions to operate and overfulfill the plan for the new wells, new mines, new projects such as Hai Su Trang on 19/5/2013, Hai Su Den on 19/06/2013, Tho Trang on 29/6/2013, Dorado on 20/11/2013, Pirana on 25/12/2013 (Block 67 - Peru ) and especially Hai Thach – Moc Tinh gas mines – the national key projects operated since 06/9/2013. The efforts and determination have created breakthroughs and brought success for the year 2013, significantly contributes to the implementation of Petrovietnam’s 5-year strategic plan for the 2011-2015 period.
Following the 2013 success, to 2014 - the year of the Horse, PetroVietnam continues a new race with the slogan "Be Drastic, Follow-up, Spurt, Overfulfill". With that spirit and determination, PetroVietnam completely believes to be able to fulfill the targets of 16.21 million tons of oil and 9.5 billion m3 of gas assigned by the Government for 2014.
PVN