Also known as the Block B – O Mon pipeline, the pipeline will have total length of 398 km, including a 246 km offshore, and 152 km onshore pipeline spanning five Mekong Delta localities: Can Tho City, and Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces.

Once completed, the pipeline will have a capacity of 18.3 MMcm/d which will be used to power plants in the electric power centres of O Mon and Tra Noc.

Addressing the ceremony, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said that the construction of the pipeline marks an important milestone in the development of Vietnam’s oil and gas industry.