HISTORY OF PETROVIETNAM
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the French geologists discovered some oil shows at Dong Ho (Hoang Bo – Quang Ninh northern Ninh province), Lich mountain (Yen Bai northern province), Nam Un and Sai Luong (Son La northern mountainous province); Thi Vai pond (Quy Nhon-Binh Dinh central province)… However, they did not give any comments about oil and gas potentials in Vietnam.
In 1959, at the request of The Government of Vietnam, the USSR sent petroleum geology specialist Kitovani S.K. to Vietnam to carry out petroleum geological surveys in the North of Vietnam together with Vietnamese colleagues. Within two years (1959-1961), he had finished a comprehensive report called “Geology and Oil and Gas Potentials in Democratic Republic of Vietnam”.