Block B gas-to-power project partners provide scholarships to Vietnamese children

August 29, 2013 | 16:57

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Chevron Vietnam Ltd., PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP), Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd. (MOECO) and PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) today awarded scholarship certificates to 100 schoolchildren from the Mekong Delta, in a ceremony celebrating a programme developed with the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC).

The partners’ commitment of more than VND3.1 billion ($150,000) in 2013 builds on an existing Block B Gas-to-Power Project education programme that has already provided scholarships to more than 3,000 children in the Mekong Delta since 2009. In addition to awarding a total of 800 scholarships, the 2013 programme will upgrade five schools in the area. The partners have sponsored upgrades to 14 schools over the past three years.

“Chevron is committed to improving access to education, a critical element in improving livelihoods and sustaining long-term development in the community. We are proud to support the good work of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children,” Barry Andrews, president of Chevron Vietnam Ltd. said.

Chevron, PVEP, MOECO and PTTEP are partners in the Block B Gas-to-Power Project, an offshore development that will supply natural gas to fuel power plants in Ca Mau and Can Tho.

Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. In Vietnam, Chevron Vietnam Ltd. and its partners have discovered significant gas resources in Blocks B, 48/95 and 52/97 in the Gulf of Thailand, offshore southwestern Vietnam. The resources from these fields will help to meet Vietnam’s growing energy and power needs.

By By Hoang Anh

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