Analysis and modeling of Geological Basins in Vietnam – GEUS2 – Phase 3

project summary

Oil and gas constitute an important sector in Vietnamese society. About 20 per cent of national revenue is generated by oil and gas and this sector employs many Vietnamese. In October 2009, GEUS started phase 3, the final consolidation phase of a cooperation project between GEUS and the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI), aiming at enhancing Vietnam's ability to assess its oil and gas resources. Training and building the ability among the Vietnamese researchers and students to help themselves are keywords in the project, which also include participants from Department of Geography and Geology at the University of Copenhagen, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG) and Hanoi University of Science (HUS). The Vietnamese researchers are trained in oil-geological disciplines through teaching and participation in a concrete research project with the purpose of understanding the geological development and the potential for finding oil and gas in the Song Hong Basin. This will include drilling of the ENRECA-3 well at Bach Long Vi Island - a location of large interest for both researchers and local oil companies. Presently 8 students are following the joint MSc/PhD programmes, where PhDs from the previous phase of the project - BMV II, are used as supervisors. The project aims to train the Vietnamese researchers in supervising young students thus contributing to the sustainability of the research capacity part of this multiphase project.