First Gas Factory in Vietnam

Nhan dan July 12, 99 - An inaugural ceremony of the Dinh Co Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Factory in Long Hai, Vung Tau has just been held by the Gas Products Processing and Trading Company under the Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation. The factory has a full capacity of 340,000 tonnes per year.

This is the first LPG gas factory in Vietnam built since late 1997 which includes such shops as the Dinh Co Gas Treatment Factory located in Long Hai, a storehouse of gas products, the Thi Vai Port and three gas pipelines, 24 km long, from Dinh Co to Thi Vai Port. This year, the factory plans to produce 150,000 tonnes of LPG and 60,000 tonnes of condensate used for mixing with petrol at 10% lower than the import price.